An Unusual Case of Chronic Hepatitis E in Haematological Malignancy.

J Assoc Physicians India

Consultant Haematologist, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Published: June 2018

Hepatitis E is an enterically transmitted and typically self-limited infection, that is caused by the hepatitis E virus. Hepatitis E viral infection has traditionally been considered an acute. Chronic hepatitis E is rare and occurs mainly in immunosuppressed individuals such as transplant recipients, HIV patients with low CD4 count and in patients with hematological malignancies receiving chemotherapy.

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