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Animal reservoir

One health

Public health

Published by Javier Caballero Gómez, Antonio Rivero, Antonio Rivero-Juarez

From hepatitis E virus to rat hepatitis E virus (ratHEV), hepeviruses clearly require a One Health approach to tackle. ratHEV is increasingly recognized as a cause of human hepatitis. Although only a ...


Virus-host interaction

Published by Yijin Wang, Jian Wu, Qiuwei Abdullah Pan

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is generally asymptomatic or leads to acute and self-limiting hepatitis. The mechanisms orchestrating such an infection course remain to be elucidated. In the context...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the leading causes of viral hepatitis in humans, with roughly 20 million infections every year and approximately 60,000 HEV-related deaths. Sporadic and cluster cases...


Public health

Published by Martin Faye

Endemic circulation of HEV could be favoured by precarious living conditions including lack of hygiene or health care facilities and limited access to drinking water as is the case in developing count...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

Published by Xin Yin, Lin Wang

Historically classified as nonenveloped, hepatitis E virus (HEV), an important zoonotic pathogen, has recently been found to exit infected cells as quasi-enveloped HEV (eHEV). These quasi-enveloped vi...


One health

Public health

Published by Anabella Fantilli, Viviana Ré

In South America, an increase in the number of reports on Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) circulation has been registered in recent years, showing a wide viral circulation on the continent (Pisano et al., 202...


Clinical feature

Diagnostics

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Published by Chia-Yu Chiu and Supavit Chesdachai  Diagnosis of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be challenging and requires a careful clinical evaluation. In populations with normal immune f...


Animal reservoir

Virus Informatics

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Infections with the hepatitis E virus (HEV) annually cause 44,000 human deaths worldwide. People get infected by ingesting food or water containing virus, or by contact with animals such as pigs in te...


Experimental model

Virus-host interaction

Published by Eike Steinmann

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) primarily causes liver infections, but emerging evidence suggests that it can also affect other organs, including the nervous system, leading to a range of neurological disorde...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

Published by Wenshi Wang, Siddharth Sridhar

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of viral hepatitis worldwide, with estimated 20 million infections and around 60,000 fatalities annually. Distinct from all the other human hepatitis v...


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2025-01-18

International Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart (2025)
Day two of this symposium will place a special emphasis on Hepatitis E — a virus that, despite being the most common cause of viral hepatitis, offers a valuable opportunity for further research and understanding. Venue: Cantinerie Berlin Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25 13355 Berlin, Germany. Organisers: Prof. Dr. Jens Kurreck, Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Todt, Prof. Dr. med. Heiner Wedemeyer, More information: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover : International DFG/DZIF Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart (mhh.de)