Does infection with hepatitis A virus provide protection against hepatitis E virus?

Sameer A. Syed; Arif R. Sarwari; Raymond A. Smego; Saeed Hamid; Tayyabun Nissa

doi:10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00399-7

Does infection with hepatitis A virus provide protection against hepatitis E virus?

Sameer A. Syed, Arif R. Sarwari, Raymond A. Smego, Saeed Hamid, Tayyabun Nissa

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) share some common epidemiologic features, but the dramatic age-related difference in their disease prevalences suggests that the immune response to HAV may provide some cross-protection against HEV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-339
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Hypotheses
Volume	60
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00399-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2003

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