Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study.

• Main Authors: Yuri Costa Sarno Neves (Author), Victor Augusto Camarinha de Castro-Lima (Author), Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla (Author), Vivian Simone de Medeiros Ogata (Author), Fernando Linhares Pereira (Author), Jordana Machado Araujo (Author), Ana Catharina Seixas Nastri (Author), Yeh-Li Ho (Author), Maria Cristina Chammas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Yellow fever (YF) is a hemorrhagic disease caused by an arbovirus endemic in South America, with recent outbreaks in the last years. Severe cases exhibit fulminant hepatitis, but there are no studies regarding its late-term effects on liver parenchyma. Thus, the aim of...