Hepatitis E — Worldwide/Unknown
Almost immediately after a man received a new heart, his body began to reject it. To save the 58-year-old retired plumber from northern Germany, doctors replaced his blood plasma with donated plasma lacking the antibodies that targeted the donor organ. It worked, but 3 years later, it’s clear that he received something else in the bargain: the hepatitis E virus (HEV).
It’s a pathogen that most people get rid of easily without even getting sick. But the man was taking drugs that dampen his
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