Hepatitis e

JH Hoofnagle, KE Nelson… - New England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Hepatitis E may be the most common cause of acute hepatitis in the world, occurring
primarily in developing countries but increasingly recognized in developed countries. It can …

Hepatitis e

N Kamar, R Bendall, F Legrand-Abravanel, NS Xia… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was discovered during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the
1980s, after an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis at a military camp. A pooled faecal extract …

[PDF][PDF] The global burden of hepatitis E virus genotypes 1 and 2 in 2005

DB Rein, GA Stevens, J Theaker, JS Wittenborn… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We estimated the global burden of hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 in 2005. HEV
is an emergent waterborne infection that causes source‐originated epidemics of acute …

Pathogenesis and treatment of hepatitis e virus infection

H Wedemeyer, S Pischke, MP Manns - Gastroenterology, 2012 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E has been considered to be a travel-associated, acute, self-limiting liver disease
that causes fulminant hepatic failure in specific high-risk groups only. However, hepatitis E …

Bats worldwide carry hepatitis E virus-related viruses that form a putative novel genus within the family Hepeviridae

JF Drexler, A Seelen, VM Corman… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the most common causes of acute hepatitis in tropical and
temperate climates. Tropical genotypes 1 and 2 are associated with food-borne and …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus strains in rabbits and evidence of a closely related strain in humans, France

J Izopet, M Dubois, S Bertagnoli… - Emerging infectious …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains from rabbits indicate that these mammals may be a reservoir
for HEVs that cause infection in humans. To determine HEV prevalence in rabbits and the …

Adaptation of a genotype 3 hepatitis E virus to efficient growth in cell culture depends on an inserted human gene segment acquired by recombination

P Shukla, HT Nguyen, K Faulk, K Mather… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
An infectious cDNA clone of a genotype 3 strain of hepatitis E virus adapted to growth in
HepG2/C3A human hepatoma cells was constructed. This virus was unusual in that the …

Hepatitis E virus and the kidney in solid-organ transplant patients

N Kamar, H Weclawiak, C Guilbeau-Frugier… - …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging disease in industrialized
countries. Few data regarding genotype 3 HEV extrahepatic manifestations exist. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic hepatitis E in heart transplant recipients

S Pischke, P Stiefel, B Franz, B Bremer… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Chronic courses of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described in
immunosuppressed patients. We aimed to study the role of HEV infections in heart …

Hepatitis E virus coinfection in patients with HIV infection

FE Keane, M Gompels, RP Bendall, R Drayton… - HIV …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging infection in developed countries
and is thought to be a porcine zoonosis. HEV can cause chronic infection and cirrhosis in …