Hepatitis E virus infection increases the risk of diabetes and severity of liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Patricia Momoyo Yoshimura ZitelliMichelle Soares Gomes GouvêaDaniel Ferraz de Campos MazoJulio da Motta SingerClaudia Pinto Marques Souza de OliveiraAlberto Queiroz FariasJoão Renato Rebello PinhoRyan Yukimatsu TanigawaVenancio Avancini Ferreira AlvesFlair Jose CarrilhoMário Guimarães PessôaPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
This prevalence is higher than that reported in previous studies of the general population in Brazil. Thus, HEV infection may influence the severity of liver disease and may represent an additional risk of developing diabetes mellitus in patients with HCV infection.