Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for epidemics and endemics of acute hepatitis in
humans, mainly through waterborne, foodborne, and zoonotic transmission routes. HEV is a …

Hepatitis E is an important disease in many developing countries of Asia and Africa with
large explosive outbreaks and is also endemic with sporadic or cluster cases of hepatitis in …

Hepatitis E, caused by infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV), is a common cause of
enterically-transmitted acute hepatitis in developing countries. Occasional cases of sporadic …

Background and Objectives Published prevalence figures for hepatitis E virus (HEV) reveal
significant regional differences. Several studies have reported virus transmission via blood …

Hepatitis E virus is an emerging concern in immunocompromised patients, who may
become chronically infected. This prompted us to assess the performance of two anti-HEV …

Chronic hepatitis E virus infection with rapid progression to cirrhosis is reported in 2 human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients with severe immunosuppression …

The lack of an efficient cell culture system for hepatitis E virus (HEV) has greatly hampered
detailed analyses of this virus. The first efficient cell culture systems for HEV that were …

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 …

Interest in hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has increased over the last few years since
chronic HEV infection was first reported in transplant patients. Chronic genotype-3 HEV …

Hepatitis E virus strains from rabbits indicate that these mammals may be a reservoir for
HEVs that cause infection in humans. Further issues remain to be clarified, including …