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Similarities, differences, and possible interactions between hepatitis E and hepatitis C viruses: Relevance for research and clinical practice.


ABSTRACT: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are both RNA viruses with a tropism for liver parenchyma but are also capable of extrahepatic manifestations. Hepatitis E is usually a viral acute fecal-oral transmitted and self-limiting disease presenting with malaise, jaundice, nausea and vomiting. Rarely, HEV causes a chronic infection in immunocompromised persons and severe fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women. Parenteral HCV infection is typically asymptomatic for decades until chronic complications, such as cirrhosis and cancer, occur. Despite being two very different viruses in terms of phylogenetic and clinical presentations, HEV and HCV show many similarities regarding possible transmission through organ transplantation and blood transfusion, pathogenesis (production of antinuclear antibodies and cryoglobulins) and response to treatment with some direct-acting antiviral drugs. Although both HEV and HCV are well studied individually, there is a lack of knowledge about coinfection and its consequences. The aim of this review is to analyze current literature by evaluating original articles and case reports and to hypothesize some interactions that can be useful for research and clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Marascio N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968488 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Similarities, differences, and possible interactions between hepatitis E and hepatitis C viruses: Relevance for research and clinical practice.

Marascio Nadia N   Rotundo Salvatore S   Quirino Angela A   Matera Giovanni G   Liberto Maria Carla MC   Costa Chiara C   Russo Alessandro A   Trecarichi Enrico Maria EM   Torti Carlo C  

World journal of gastroenterology 20220301 12


Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are both RNA viruses with a tropism for liver parenchyma but are also capable of extrahepatic manifestations. Hepatitis E is usually a viral acute fecal-oral transmitted and self-limiting disease presenting with malaise, jaundice, nausea and vomiting. Rarely, HEV causes a chronic infection in immunocompromised persons and severe fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women. Parenteral HCV infection is typically asymptomatic for decades until chronic c  ...[more]

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