Subtype-specific differences in the risk of hospitalisation among patients infected with hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Belgium, 2010–2018. (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Subissi, Lorenzo; Peeters, Michael; Lamoral, Sophie; Klamer, Sofieke; Suin, Vanessa; Van Gucht, Steven
• Is Part Of: Epidemiology and infection. Volume 147(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Food-borne infections, -- hepatitis, -- infectious disease epidemiology, -- molecular epidemiology, -- zoonotic foodborne diseases; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; 614.4
• DOI: 10.1017/S0950268819001122
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-2688

Abstract

Abstract: Some European countries recently reported an increase in hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV-3) of the subtype 3c. No link between HEV-3 subtypes and severity is established to date. Here, we report that patients infected with HEV-3c were at lower risk of hospitalisation, compared to those infected with HEV-3f, the other main subtype circulating in Belgium.