Hepatitis E virus is not detected in association with neurological disorders among Brazilian children

Publication date: Available online 7 December 2018Source: Microbes and InfectionAuthor(s): Lucas Nobrega Morgado, Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira, Marcelo Alves Pinto, Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy, Edson Elias da Silva, Jaquelline Pereira da Silva, Claudia Lamarca VitralAbstractHepatitis E virus is increasingly being associated with idiopathic neurological disease. We tested 325 stool samples from Brazilian children presenting acute flaccid paralysis or Guillain-Barré syndrome using a broadly reactive and sensitive Reverse-transcription Polymerase chain reaction. Hepatitis E genome was not detected in any of the samples tested. Our results suggest that hepatitis E virus does not seem to be associated as the etiologic agent of acute flaccid paralysis and Guillain-Barré syndrome cases occurred in Brazilian children during the period of investigation (2010-2012).
Source: Microbes and Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research