Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is the most common cause of hepatitis worldwide. In the developing world, HEV infection is also a common cause of decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease and has a very high mortality. Could the same be true in the UK? A recent paper examines this issue.
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H. R. Dalton has received travel, accommodation and consultancy fees from GlaxoSmithKline and Wantai.
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Dalton, H. Hepatitis E and decompensated chronic liver disease. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 430–432 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.121
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