Hepatitis E Virus Infection after Platelet Transfusion in an Immunocompetent Trauma Patient.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes acute liver disease, but severe infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. We describe a case of HEV infection in a previously healthy male trauma patient in France who received massive transfusions. Genotyping confirmed HEV in a transfused platelet pool and the donor.

SUBMITTER: Loyrion E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176217 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature