Hepatitis E in post-liver transplantation: is it time to routinely consider it?

Abstract

Hepatitis E, although commonly recognized in the Eastern Hemisphere, is less well recognized in the West. Particularly owing to this disease's grave impact on outcomes after liver transplantation, greater consideration of hepatitis E is necessary in the context of abnormal liver tests. Here, we review the most recent data on detecting and managing hepatitis E, both pre- and post-liver transplantation, discuss major detection assay limitations, consider future directions, and propose an algorithm for the diagnosis and management of pre-and post-transplantation hepatitis E.

Keywords: hepatitis E; liver transplantation.