[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus: the current scenario

S Kumar, S Subhadra, B Singh, BK Panda - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E infection, caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV), is a common cause of acute
hepatitis in developing countries with poor sanitation and hygiene. The virus is classified …

Burden of hepatitis E virus infection in pregnancy and maternofoetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JJ Bigna, AF Modiyinji, JR Nansseu… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2020 - Springer
Background There is still a dearth of knowledge on the burden of HEV infection in the global
population of pregnant women. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta …

Hepeviridae: an expanding family of vertebrate viruses

R Johne, P Dremsek, J Reetz, G Heckel, M Hess… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) was first identified in 1990, although hepatitis E-like diseases in
humans have been recorded for a long time dating back to the 18th century. The HEV …

Risk factors for vertical transmission of hepatitis E virus infection

S Sharma, A Kumar, P Kar, S Agarwal… - Journal of viral …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be vertically transmitted, but the factors that transmit the
disease to foetuses are still unclear. We studied a total of 144 pregnant women with HEV …

[PDF][PDF] Impaired monocyte‐macrophage functions and defective toll‐like receptor signaling in hepatitis E virus‐infected pregnant women with acute liver failure

R Sehgal, S Patra, P David, A Vyas, A Khanam… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Acute viral hepatitis resulting due to hepatitis E viral infection (AVH‐E) is often serious in
pregnancy and could result in acute liver failure (ALF). The role of monocytes and …

Hepatitis E in high-income countries: what do we know? And what are the knowledge gaps?

L Capai, R Charrel, A Falchi - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a positive-strand RNA virus transmitted by the fecal–oral route.
HEV genotypes 1 and 2 infect only humans and cause mainly waterborne outbreaks. HEV …

[HTML][HTML] The enigma of hepatitis E virus

LB Murrison, KE Sherman - Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Globally, hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis. HEV is
endemic in many developing countries, yet it is far more common in industrialized …

Acute hepatitis E in India appears to be caused exclusively by genotype 1 hepatitis E virus

N Gupta, AN Sarangi, S Dadhich, VK Dixit… - Indian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Hepatitis E is caused by infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV), which has four
well-known genotypes. Genotypes 1 and 2 HEV have been reported from human cases in …

Implications of hepatitis E virus in blood transfusions, hemodialysis, and solid organ transplants

EM Janahi, SFD Parkar, S Mustafa, ZM Eisa - Medicina, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is emerging as the primary cause of acute viral hepatitis in humans.
The virus is commonly transmitted by the fecal–oral route via contaminated water in endemic …

Epidemiological and molecular analyses of a non‐seasonal outbreak of acute icteric hepatitis E in Bangladesh

M Harun‐Or‐Rashid, SMF Akbar… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Acute hepatitis due to hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in Bangladesh, but its
epidemiological characteristics and virological features remain obscure. An outbreak of …