Monitoring hepatitis E virus fecal shedding to optimize ribavirin treatment duration in chronically infected transplant patients

J Hepatol. 2019 Jan;70(1):206-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.011. Epub 2018 Oct 24.
No abstract available

Keywords: Duration; Hepatitis E virus; Ribavirin; Stools; Sustained virological response; Transplantation.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chronic Disease
  • Duration of Therapy
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Hepatitis E / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis E / virology
  • Hepatitis E virus / drug effects*
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organ Transplantation*
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • RNA, Viral
  • Ribavirin