Prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis E virus infection in kidney transplant recipients: A single-center experience in Japan.

Koji NanmokuYohei OwadaYukio OshiroAkira KurosawaTaro KuboTakahiro ShinzatoToshihiro ShimizuTakaaki KimuraYasunaru SakumaNobuo IshikawaNobuhiro OhkohchiHiroaki OkamotoTakashi Yagisawa

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)

HEV infection had no significant influence on the outcomes of kidney transplantation at our institution. However, HEV infection should be recognized in kidney transplant recipients similarly as hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection in cases of liver dysfunction.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
hepatitis c virus infection
risk factors
oxidative stress
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance