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To the Editor: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide.¹ Kamar et al. in this issue of the Journal² and others^3,4 have recently suggested that HEV infection might result in chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients. We report a rapidly progressing case of cirrhosis in a renal-transplant recipient with chronic HEV infection.

A 52-year-old man who had undergone kidney transplantation in March 2005 presented with increased aminotransferase levels in June 2006. Four months later, the alanine aminotransferase level reached 126 U per liter and thereafter plateaued at three times the upper limit of the normal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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