TY - JOUR AU - Di Bartolomeo, Salvatore AU - Carubbi, Francesco AU - Cipriani, Paola PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09/21 TI - Hepatitis E Virus and rheumatic diseases: what do rheumatologists need to know? JO - BMC Rheumatology SP - 51 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Hepatitis E virus (HEV) represents the most common cause of acute hepatitis and jaundice in the world. About 2 million of infection cases occur each year in Europe, mainly as autochthonous anthropozoonosis, and HEV can be transmitted through undercooked pork meat. This infection has been linked to various extra-hepatic manifestations, while chronic infections with a rapid development of liver failure have been described in heavily immunosuppressed patients undergoing solid organ transplantations (SOTs), in patients with hematological diseases or with immunodeficiency virus infection. SN - 2520-1026 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-020-00149-0 DO - 10.1186/s41927-020-00149-0 ID - Di Bartolomeo2020 ER -