Executive summary: Consensus document of the diagnosis, management and prevention of infection with the hepatitis E virus: Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (GEHEP) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC)
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2020 Jan;38(1):28-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.06.014.
Epub 2018 Jul 30.
[Article in
English,
Spanish]
Authors
Antonio Rivero-Juárez
1
, Antonio Aguilera
2
, Ana Avellón
3
, Miguel García-Deltoro
4
, Federico García
5
, Christian Gortazar
6
, Rafael Granados
7
, Juan Macías
8
, Nicolás Merchante
8
, José Antonio Oteo
9
, María Teresa Pérez-Gracia
10
, Juan Antonio Pineda
8
, Antonio Rivero
11
, David Rodriguez-Lazaro
12
, Francisco Téllez
13
, Luis E Morano-Amado
14
; Grupo redactor de GeHEP SEIMC
Affiliations
- 1 Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain. Electronic address: arjvet@gmail.com.
- 2 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Santiago (CHUS) & Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- 3 Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
- 4 Consorcio General Hospital Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- 5 Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS, Granada, Spain.
- 6 Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC-UCLM), Ciudad Real, Spain.
- 7 Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
- 8 Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain.
- 9 Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño Centro de investigación Biomédica de La Rioja (CIBIR), Spain.
- 10 Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain.
- 11 Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain.
- 12 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
- 13 Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
- 14 Hospital Universitario Álvaro Cunqueiro, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Vigo, Spain.
Abstract
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is one of the main causes of acute hepatitis in both developed and developing countries. This infectious disease has a high prevalence and incidence in Europe. HEV infection has a greater clinical impact in vulnerable populations, such as immunosuppressed patients, pregnant women and patients with underlying liver disease. Therefore, the Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (Grupo de Estudio de Hepatitis Víricas, GEHEP) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, SEIMC) believed it very important to prepare a consensus document to help in decision-making regarding diagnosis, clinical and therapeutic management, and prevention of HEV infection.
Keywords:
Acute hepatitis; Alteraciones neurológicas; Chronic hepatitis; Embarazo; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis aguda; Hepatitis crónica; Interferón pegilado; Neurological disorders; Pegylated interferon; Pregnancy; Prevención; Prevention; Ribavirin; Ribavirina; Transplantation; Trasplante; Zoonoses; Zoonosis.
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. All rights reserved.
MeSH terms
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Consensus
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Hepatitis E virus*
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Hepatitis E* / diagnosis
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Hepatitis E* / prevention & control
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Humans
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Spain