Expanded diagnostic approach to hepatitis E virus detection in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: A pilot study

Conclusion: This study shows that alcohol is a major contributing factor for both underlying CLD and ACLF while HEV is the most common infectious cause for ACLF, suggesting a need for a vaccination in such patients, whenever made available.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - November 14, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Runal John Steve Fletcher John Gnanadurai Raghavendran Anantharam Visalakshi Jeyaseelan Uday George Zachariah Ashish Goel Eapen Eapen Chundamannil Priya Abraham Source Type: research