Purpose of review We aim to provide the readers an up-to-date knowledge of the structure,
epidemiology, and transmission followed by a detailed discussion on testing, diagnostics …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is now established as an emerging enteric viral hepatitis.
Standard treatments in acute and chronic hepatitis E remain to be established. This study …

Hepatitis E virus is one of the most common causes of acute hepatitis worldwide, with the
majority of cases occurring in Asia. In recent years, however, an increasing number of acute …

Hepatitis E was previously thought to be a disease of developing countries causing
significant morbidity and mortality in young adults, particularly among pregnant women and …

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) genome encodes three proteins; polyprotein open reading frame
1 (PORF1)(replicative polyprotein), PORF3 (required for replication in vivo but dispensable …

The relevance of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections has been underestimated for a long
time. In the past, HEV infection had been interpreted falsely as a disease limited to the …

Currently, the infection with the hepatitis E virus represents the most frequent cause for acute
hepatitis and jaundice in the world. According to WHO estimations, around two billion …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a worldwide disease. An improved understanding of the
natural history of HEV infection has been achieved within the last decade. Several reservoirs …

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the fifth known form of viral hepatitis and was first recognized
as the cause of an epidemic of unexplained acute hepatitis in the early 1980s. Globally, it is …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main cause of hepatitis worldwide.
Our knowledge of this single-strand positive-sense RNA virus, discovered in the 1980s, has …