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 …

Classification and genomic diversity of enterically transmitted hepatitis viruses

DB Smith, P Simmonds - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are significant human pathogens and are
responsible for a substantial proportion of cases of severe acute hepatitis worldwide …

Zoonotic hepatitis E virus: an ignored risk for public health

Y Nan, C Wu, Q Zhao, EM Zhou - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a quasi-enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus.
HEV belongs to the family Hepeviridae, a family comprised of highly diverse viruses …

SPF rabbits infected with rabbit hepatitis E virus isolate experimentally showing the chronicity of hepatitis

J Han, Y Lei, L Liu, P Liu, J Xia, Y Zhang, H Zeng… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
This study focused on investigating the pathogenesis seen in specific-pathogen-free (SPF)
rabbits following infection with a homologous rabbit HEV isolate (CHN-BJ-rb14) and …

Variability and pathogenicity of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 variants

DB Smith, S Ijaz, RS Tedder… - Journal of General …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) can be clinically inapparent or produce symptoms and
signs of hepatitis of varying severity and occasional fatality. This variability in clinical …

Hepatitis E virus and fulminant hepatitis–a virus or host‐specific pathology?

DB Smith, P Simmonds - Liver International, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background & Aims Fulminant hepatitis is a rare outcome of infection with hepatitis
E virus. Several recent reports suggest that virus variation is an important determinant of …

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 …

Analysing complete genome sequence of swine hepatitis E virus (HEV), strain CHN-XJ-SW13 isolated from Xinjiang, China: putative host range, and disease severity …

H Fu, L Wang, Y Zhu, J Geng, L Li, X Wang… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E is a worldwide public health problem, particular in areas where hygiene
conditions are poor. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has at least four genotypes: genotypes 1 and 2 …

Detection of genotype 1a and 1f of hepatitis E virus in patients treated at tertiary care hospitals in Central India

R Pathak, PV Barde - Intervirology, 2018 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Aims: An acute hepatitis, caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV), is a
significant global health concern, especially in developing countries. HEV has 1 serotype …