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 …

Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in European countries

D Lapa, MR Capobianchi, AR Garbuglia - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade the seroprevalence of immunoglobulin (IgG) anti hepatitis E virus
(HEV) has been increasing in European countries and shows significant variability among …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus in pork production chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010

I Di Bartolo, M Diez-Valcarce, P Vasickova… - Emerging infectious …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the pork production chain in
Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain during 2010. A total of 337 fecal, liver, and meat samples …

Test performance characteristics of Anti-HEV IgG assays strongly influence hepatitis E seroprevalence estimates

JJ Wenzel, J Preiss, M Schemmerer… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) seroprevalences of 0.3%–53% were reported from industrialized
countries. Because these estimates may be influenced by detection assays, this study …

Detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from porcine livers in Southeastern Germany and high sequence homology to human HEV isolates

JJ Wenzel, J Preiß, M Schemmerer, B Huber… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified as an emerging cause of
infectious hepatitis over the last years in developed countries. In contrast to travel associated …

Seroprevalence study in forestry workers from eastern Germany using novel genotype 3-and rat hepatitis E virus-specific immunoglobulin G ELISAs

P Dremsek, JJ Wenzel, R Johne, M Ziller… - Medical microbiology …, 2012 - Springer
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute self-limiting hepatitis in humans. In
industrialized countries, autochthonous cases are linked to zoonotic transmission from …

Hepatitis E virus genome detection in commercial pork livers and pork meat products in Germany

SR Pallerla, S Schembecker, CG Meyer… - Journal of viral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the most common causes of hepatitis worldwide. HEV is
also widespread in many developed countries, where the number of infections is steadily …

Prevalence of hepatitis E virus-specific antibodies in humans with occupational exposure to pigs

A Krumbholz, U Mohn, J Lange, M Motz… - Medical microbiology …, 2012 - Springer
Due to the increasing number of non-travel-associated hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections
observed in several industrialised countries including Germany, there is a substantial …

Features of hepatitis E virus infection in humans and animals in J apan

M Takahashi, H Okamoto - Hepatology Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In J apan, hepatitis E had long been considered to be a rare liver disease which can be
accidentally imported from endemic countries in A sia and A frica, where the sanitation …

Viral and antibody HEV prevalence in swine at slaughterhouse in Italy

I Di Bartolo, E Ponterio, L Castellini, F Ostanello… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E is an acute disease of humans caused by a small RNA virus, Hepatitis E virus
(HEV). In recent years, an increasing number of autochthonous human infections have been …