title: First report of chronic hepatitis E in renal transplant recipients in Portugal.
abstract: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be responsible for chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients, and can rapidly evolve into fibrosis and/or hepatic cirrhosis. We present two cases of chronic hepatitis E, emphasizing the need to be aware of this entity as a growing etiology of hepatitis in transplant and immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Liver Disease Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. filipebreda82@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breda
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cochicho
authors.forename: João Rodrigo
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bento
authors.forename: Rui Pedro
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Emília
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Louro
authors.forename: Maria São José
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.forename: Henrique Vieira
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D066027:Transplant Recipients