Hepatitis E: an underestimated emerging threat

GW Webb, HR Dalton - Therapeutic advances in infectious …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in the world. It is
estimated that millions of people are infected every year, resulting in tens of thousands of …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E Virus: An emerging enigmatic and underestimated pathogen

YE Raji, OP Toung, NM Taib, ZB Sekawi - Saudi journal of biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus causing hepatitis E disease. The virus is of one
serotype but has diverse genotypes infecting both humans and animals. Based on evidence …

Hepatitis viruses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Belyhun, M Maier, A Mulu, E Diro, UG Liebert - BMC infectious diseases, 2016 - Springer
Background The existing seroepidemiological data on viral hepatitis in Ethiopia showed a
wide variation in prevalence pattern and the clinical and public health burden have been …

The global burden of hepatitis E outbreaks: a systematic review

MS Hakim, W Wang, WM Bramer, J Geng… - Liver …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for repeated water‐borne outbreaks since the past
century, representing an emerging issue in public health. However, the global burden of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of hepatitis E in the liver transplant setting

P Behrendt, E Steinmann, MP Manns… - Journal of Hepatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been identified as a cause of graft hepatitis in liver
transplant recipients. The true frequency and clinical importance of HEV infections after liver …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus outbreak among Tigray war refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan

A Ahmed, Y Ali, EE Siddig, J Hamed… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report hepatitis E virus (HEV) outbreaks among refugees from Ethiopia in Sudan during
June 2021–February 2022. We identified 1,589 cases of acute jaundice syndrome and used …

Epidemiology of genotype 1 and 2 hepatitis E virus infections

KE Nelson, AB Labrique… - Cold Spring …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 are responsible for the majority of acute viral
hepatitis infections in endemic areas in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to …

Hepatitis E virus: reasons for emergence in humans

H Sooryanarain, XJ Meng - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Emergence of novel animal strains of HEV transmissible to human.•Genotype 1
HEV outbreaks among displaced population with poor sanitation conditions.•Emergence of …

Origin and dispersal of hepatitis E virus

D Forni, R Cagliani, M Clerici… - Emerging microbes & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis E virus (HEV, genus Orthohepevirus) is a common cause of hepatitis worldwide.
Human-infecting HEV strains (Orthohepevirus A) include human-restricted and enzootic …