Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases: A Latin American Multicenter Study
This first multinational assessment of HEV in Latin America reveals heterogeneous seroprevalence across countries. Findings support considering HEV testing in diagnostic protocols for CLD patients particularly those with cirrhosis or ALD- when presenting with unexplained hepatic decompensation or acute hepatitis.
Authors
- Grisel Maribel Britos
- Melina Ferreiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2040-3459)
- Ângelo Mattos
- Eugenia Bernaschini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3760-7505)
- José D. Debes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1512-2604)
- Alina Zerega
- Sergio Grutadauria
- Santiago A. Sepúlveda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-903X)
- Pablo A. Romagnoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-9070)
- Anabella Fantilli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4116)
- Domingo Balderramo
- Esteban González Ballerga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-2244)
- Marina Fernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7681-9058)
- Marco Arrese
- Maria Belén Pisano
- Jonathan B. Salmon
- Jhon E. Prieto
- A Boonstra
- Maribel Martínez Wassaf
- Javier Díaz Ferrer
- Guadalupe Di Cola
- Viviana Elizabeth Ré
- Juan Carlos Roa
- Enrique Carrera
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (AR)
- Universidad de San Martín de Porres (PE)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" (AR)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (ES)
- Hospital de Especialidades (MX)
- Hospital Privado (AR)
- Fundacion Allende (AR)
- Cordoba University (US)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EC)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf615
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00