Hepatitis E: an underestimated emerging threat

GW Webb, HR Dalton - Therapeutic advances in infectious …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in the world. It is
estimated that millions of people are infected every year, resulting in tens of thousands of …

The clinical perspective on hepatitis E

T Horvatits, J Schulze zur Wiesch, M Lütgehetmann… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Every year, there are an estimated 20 million hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections worldwide,
leading to an estimated 3.3 million symptomatic cases of hepatitis E. HEV is largely …

Hepatitis E virus infections in Europe

J Izopet, P Tremeaux, O Marion, M Migueres… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The
systematic use of improved tools for diagnosing and genotyping has completely changed …

Transmission of a novel genotype of hepatitis E virus from Bactrian camels to cynomolgus macaques

L Wang, JLL Teng, SKP Lau, S Sridhar, H Fu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is zoonotic and a major cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide.
Recently, we identified a novel HEV genotype 8 (HEV8) in Bactrian camels in Xinjiang …

Acute and persistent hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and 4 infection: clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment

N Kamar, S Pischke - Cold Spring …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype (gt) 3 and 4 infections are prevalent in industrialized and
high-income countries. Although most HEV gt3 and gt4 infections are clinically silent, acute …

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 …

Adaptive immune responses in hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus infections

CM Walker - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Both hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) cause self-limited infections in
humans that are preventable by vaccination. Progress in characterizing adaptive immune …

Chronic hepatitis E in rheumatology and internal medicine patients: a retrospective multicenter European cohort study

S Pischke, JM Peron, M von Wulffen, J von Felden… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Objectives: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a pandemic with regional outbreaks,
including in industrialized countries. HEV infection is usually self-limiting but can progress to …

Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and capsid protein in the blood and urine of immunocompromised patients

O Marion, N Capelli, S Lhomme, M Dubois, M Pucelle… - Journal of Infection, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV3) is responsible for acute and chronic liver
disease in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. HEV was recently found in the urine of …

Clinical features and determinants of chronicity in hepatitis E virus infection

S Narayanan, A Abutaleb, KE Sherman… - Journal of viral …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has traditionally been associated with an acute, self‐limiting hepatitis
and is not known to have any chronic sequelae. HEV genotypes 1 and 2, which are human …