Hepatitis E virus species C infection in humans, Hong Kong.
Siddharth SridharCyril Chik-Yan YipKelvin Hon-Yin LoShusheng WuJianwen SituNicholas Foo-Siong ChewKit-Hang LeungHelen Shuk-Ying ChanSally Cheuk-Ying WongAnthony Wai-Shing LeungCindy Wing-Sze TseKitty S C FungOwen Tak-Yin TsangKam-Lun HonVincent Chi-Chung ChengKen Ho-Leung NgKwok-Yung YuenPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Dedicated RT-PCR-based surveillance detected human HEV-C1 cases that evade conventional hepatitis E diagnostic testing. Immunosuppressed HEV-C1-infected patients frequently progress to persistent HEV-C1 infection for which ribavirin is a suitable treatment option.