Hepatitis E virus in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: an awareness of an infectious threat to blood safety

S Yazbek, K Kreidieh, S Ramia - Infection, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mainly transmitted through contaminated water
supplies which make the virus endemic in developing countries including countries of the …

Light and darkness: prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among the general population

JM Echevarría - Scientifica, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Human hepatitis E virus (HHEV) spreads early in life among the population in areas
endemic for genotype 1 and infects mainly adults in areas endemic for genotype 3, where it …

Epidemiology and associated risk factors of hepatitis e virus infection in plateau state, Nigeria

SA Junaid, SE Agina… - Virology: research and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
A cross-sectional study in Nigeria was undertaken to determine the epidemiology,
seroprevalence, and associated risk factors, of hepatitis E virus (HEV). A total of 462 …

Hepatitis E virus infection in Turkey: a systematic review

H Leblebicioglu, R Ozaras - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a non-enveloped single stranded RNA virus causes sporadic cases
of hepatitis or outbreaks. The disease is generally self-limited although it may cause …

Hepatitis E virus infection in developed countries

T Miyamura - Virus research, 2011 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E was considered to be endemic infectious disease in developing countries in
tropical or subtropical regions with poor sanitary conditions. Large, previously reported …

Seroprevalence, associated factors, and fetomaternal outcome in pregnant women that tested positive to hepatitis e antibodies in Nigeria

VC Okwara, II Mbachu, VI Ndububa… - Obstetrics and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Hepatitis E virus infection is an emerging disease with varied courses in
pregnancy. There is a dearth of statistics among pregnant women. Aim. To evaluate the …

Hepatitis E prevalence in a sexual high-risk population compared to the general population

J Heil, CJPA Hoebe, IHM Loo, JWL Cals… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Transmission routes of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) are under debate. Here, we studied
possible sexual transmission by comparing HEV prevalence in a Dutch sexual high-risk …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgaria: A brief analysis of the situation in the country

M Baymakova, GT Popov, R Pepovich… - … Macedonian Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, more thorough investigations for hepatitis E
virus (HEV) infection have been done in the world. Reports from Southeast European …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in children in the province of Van, Turkey

Gİ Bayhan, K Demirören… - Turkish Archives of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: Hepatitis E virus is an etiological agent of hepatitis which is transmitted enterically and
may lead to water-born outbreaks. Although it is mainly transmitted by the fecal-oral route, it …

Seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus in animal workers in nonporcine consumption region of Turkey

H Aydin, MH Uyanik, M Karamese, MO Timurkan - Future Virology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) and its potential
zoonotic role in occupational groups that come into direct contact with domestic ruminants …