Hepatitis E virus in the Kathmandu Valley: Insights from a representative longitudinal serosurvey.

• Main Authors: Nishan Katuwal (Author), Melina Thapa (Author), Sony Shrestha (Author), Krista Vaidya (Author), Isaac I Bogoch (Author), Rajeev Shrestha (Author), Jason R Andrews (Author), Dipesh Tamrakar (Author), Kristen Aiemjoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis-E virus (HEV), an etiologic agent of acute inflammatory liver disease, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in South Asia. HEV is considered endemic in Nepal; but data on population-level infection transmission is sparse.<h4>Methods</h4&...