Hepatitis E virus in the Kathmandu Valley: Insights from a representative longitudinal serosurvey
Our findings demonstrate that HEV is endemic in Nepal and that the risk of infection increases with age.
Authors
- Kristen Aiemjoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1886-2699)
- Krista Vaidya
- Nishan Katuwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-5879)
- Dipesh Tamrakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-1436)
- Melina Thapa
- Jason Randolph Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-251X)
- Isaac I. Bogoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-6748)
- Rajeev Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-3754)
- Sony Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-6309)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- Dhulikhel Hospital (NP)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012375
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center