Hepatitis E virus infection

N Kamar, HR Dalton, F Abravanel… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: Lessons learnt from recent studies to define future applications

M Hamouda, F Mustafa, M Maraqa, T Rizvi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is successful in the detection of the spread of SARS-
CoV-2. This review examines the methods used and results of recent studies on the …

Wastewater-based epidemiology for early detection of viral outbreaks

I Xagoraraki, E O'Brien - Women in water quality: Investigations by …, 2020 - Springer
The immense global burden of infectious disease outbreaks and the need to establish
prediction and prevention systems have been recognized by the World Health Organization …

Pig liver sausage as a source of hepatitis E virus transmission to humans

P Colson, P Borentain, B Queyriaux… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. The source and route of autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are
not clearly established in industrialized countries despite evidence that it is a zoonosis in …

Hepatitis E virus and chronic hepatitis in organ-transplant recipients

N Kamar, J Selves, JM Mansuy… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an agent responsible for acute hepatitis that does not
progress to chronic hepatitis. We identified 14 cases of acute HEV infection in three patients …

A broadly reactive one-step real-time RT-PCR assay for rapid and sensitive detection of hepatitis E virus

N Jothikumar, TL Cromeans, BH Robertson… - Journal of virological …, 2006 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is transmitted by the fecal–oral route and causes sporadic and
epidemic forms of acute hepatitis. Large waterborne HEV epidemics have been documented …

Hepatitis E: an emerging infection in developed countries

HR Dalton, R Bendall, S Ijaz, M Banks - The Lancet infectious …, 2008 - thelancet.com
Hepatitis E is endemic in many developing countries where it causes substantial morbidity.
In industrialised countries, it is considered rare, and largely confined to travellers returning …

Molecular detection of pathogens in water–the pros and cons of molecular techniques

R Girones, MA Ferrús, JL Alonso… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Pollution of water by sewage and run-off from farms produces a serious public health
problem in many countries. Viruses, along with bacteria and protozoa in the intestine or in …

Phylogenetic analysis of global hepatitis E virus sequences: genetic diversity, subtypes and zoonosis

L Lu, C Li, CH Hagedorn - Reviews in medical virology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleotide sequences from a total of 421 HEV isolates were retrieved from Genbank and
analysed. Phylogenetically, HEV was classified into four major genotypes. Genotype 1 was …

Hepatitis E virus: foodborne, waterborne and zoonotic transmission

DM Yugo, XJ Meng - International journal of environmental research and …, 2013 - mdpi.com
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 …