Hepatitis E virus: reasons for emergence in humans

H Sooryanarain, XJ Meng - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Emergence of novel animal strains of HEV transmissible to human.•Genotype 1
HEV outbreaks among displaced population with poor sanitation conditions.•Emergence of …

Mechanism of cross-species transmission, adaptive evolution and pathogenesis of hepatitis E virus

PP Primadharsini, S Nagashima, H Okamoto - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the leading cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. While the
transmission in developing countries is dominated by fecal-oral route via drinking …

Swine hepatitis E virus: Cross-species infection, pork safety and chronic infection

H Sooryanarain, XJ Meng - Virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
Swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV) belongs to the species Orthohepevirus A within the
genus Orthohepevirus in the family Hepeviridae. Four different genotypes of swine HEV …

Occurrence of HEV-RNA in Italian regional pork and wild boar food products

AMI Montone, L De Sabato, E Suffredini, M Alise… - Food and environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Hepatitis E is an emerging threat in industrialized countries. The foodborne transmission
linked to consumption of pork and game meat is considered the main source of …

Hepatitis E virus in wild rabbits and European brown hares in Germany

F Hammerschmidt, K Schwaiger… - Zoonoses and public …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, a change of hepatitis E from being a typical travel‐associated disease to an
autochthonous zoonosis in Germany was observed. An increasing number of …

Quantification and genetic diversity of Hepatitis E virus in wild boar (Sus scrofa) hunted for domestic consumption in Central Italy

S Di Pasquale, P De Santis, G La Rosa… - Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E is an emerging disease in industrialized countries. The food-borne transmission
of hepatitis E virus (HEV) is associated principally with products derived from the domestic …

Meta-analysis of human IgG anti-HEV seroprevalence in industrialized countries and a review of literature

L Capai, A Falchi, R Charrel - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Although Hepatitis E is increasingly described as a major cause of liver disease in
industrialized countries, the epidemiology is far from being fully elucidated. We provide here …

Hepatitis E virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

J Caballero‐Gómez, A Rivero‐Juarez… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. In the Iberian
Peninsula, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is considered the main wildlife reservoir of HEV. This wild …

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains from pigs farmed in eight European countries between 2020 and 2022

L De Sabato, G Ianiro, GL Alborali… - Transboundary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In high‐income countries, the hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an emerging threat
causing autochthonous acute hepatitis in humans, with an increased number of reported …

Risk factors associated with hepatitis E virus in pigs from different production systems

P Lopez-Lopez, M de los Angeles Risalde, M Frias… - Veterinary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pigs are considered important reservoirs of HEV and so constitute a major risk of
transmission to humans, either via direct contact or by consuming raw or undercooked …