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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...


Virology

Published by Bo Wang, Xiang-Jin Meng

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is distinct from other hepatotropic viruses in that it is zoonotic and can infect across species barriers. HEV-1 and HEV-2 exclusively infect humans, whereas HEV-3 and HEV-4 ar...


Virology

Published by Xiang-Jin Meng

Postdoctoral Associate Position in Molecular Virology The Meng lab at Virginia Tech [http://www.tinyurl.com/meng-lab] is seeking a postdoctoral associate in molecular virology. The candidate is exp...


Hepatology

Public health

Vaccine

Virology

Published by Susanne Dudman, Asma Aziz

We conducted a large phase 4, double-blind, cluster-randomised trial in 67 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh, and hereby share some of our results. Between 2017 and2021, 19 460 participants were randomis...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

Published by Sebastien Lhomme

Virus–host recombinant variants (VHRVs) were described in immunocompromised patients infected with genotype 3 HEV strains. These variants have the insertion of human gene fragments in the polyprolin...


Diagnostics

Virology

Published by Siddharth Sridhar, JIANWEN SITU

Human cases of Rocahepevirus ratti (HEV-C1) infection are increasingly reported worldwide. Serological tests for HEV-C1 infection are necessary for measuring the clinical burden of HEV-C1 on communiti...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

Published by Morgan Herod

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of acute viral hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). Although the infection usually self-resolves in healthy people, occasionally it can lead to acute liver ...


Virology

Published by Qiang Ding, Xiaohui Ju

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. There are no direct-acting antivirals for HEV treatment. The mechanism of HEV replication, especially host facto...


Virology

Published by Zongdi Feng, Arash Grakoui

HEV has a single capsid protein encoded by its open reading frame (ORF) 2. Recent studies have shown that most of the ORF2 protein found in the circulation of HEV-infected patients is not associated w...


Virology

Published by Bo Wang, Xiang-Jin Meng

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes chronic hepatitis E that requires antiviral therapy in immunosuppressed individuals. Ribavirin (RBV) is the main therapeutic option for chronic hepatitis E as an off-lab...


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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)