Investigation of underlying comorbidities as risk factors for symptomatic human hepatitis E virus infection

Symptomatic Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection occurs in few infected subjects, and the risk factors are not completely known.To explore the risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes in acute HEV infections.A large retrospective study was conducted. The baseline characteristics, clinical outcomes, and laboratory data of 512 acute HEV infection cases were analysed using logistic regression models.All patients exhibited autochthonous sporadic HEV...