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Hepatitis E virus: Epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the fifth known form of viral hepatitis and was first recognized as the cause of an epidemic of unexplained acute hepatitis in the early 1980s. Globally, it is one of the most frequent causes of acute viral hepatitis.
A. Aslan, H. Balaban
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Severe Acute Hepatitis E in a Woman with an Autoimmune Background

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2020
Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections are normally asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals. Symptomatic cases of acute icteric hepatitis E are seldom observed among women, younger men and children but are particularly seen in middle-aged/elderly ...
Maria S.J. Nascimento, Madalena Almeida-Santos, Maria Fernandes, Fernando Maltez, Sara Lino, Martin D. Curran, João R. Mesquita   +6 more
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Clinical Manifestations, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hepatitis E Virus Infections

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis throughout the world. Most infections are acute but they can become chronic in immunocompromised patients, such as solid organ transplant patients, patients with hematologic ...
S. Lhomme, O. Marion, F. Abravanel, J. Izopet, N. Kamar   +4 more
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Seroclearance of hepatitis B surface antigen following hepatitis E exacerbation on chronic hepatitis E and B dual infection in a renal transplant recipient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Hepatitis E virus infection usually causes an acute and self-resolving hepatitis. In areas where chronic hepatitis B virus infection is prevalent, acute hepatitis E virus superinfection on chronic hepatitis B virus infection occurs ...
Chau-Ting Yeh, Christopher Sung-Huan Yeh, Yu-De Chu, Yang-Jen Chiang   +3 more
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Rat Hepatitis E Virus: Presence in Humans in South-Western France?

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is one of the most common causes of hepatitis worldwide, and South-Western France is a high HEV seroprevalence area.
Delphine Parraud, Sébastien Lhomme, Sébastien Lhomme, Jean Marie Péron, Isabelle Da Silva, Suzanne Tavitian, Nassim Kamar, Jacques Izopet, Jacques Izopet, Florence Abravanel, Florence Abravanel   +10 more
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PCR detection and analyzis of potentially zoonotic Hepatitis E virus in French rats [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus has been detected in a wide range of animals. While Genotypes 1-2 of this virus infect only humans, 3-4 can spread from animals to humans and cause sporadic cases of human disease.
Ann-Sophie Olofson, Florence Ayral, Frederik Widén, Jay Lin, Marc Artois   +4 more
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Chronic hepatitis E virus infection in a patient with leukemia and elevated transaminases: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Acute hepatitis E virus infection may cause mild, self-limiting hepatitis, either as epidemic outbreaks or sporadic cases, the latter of which have been reported in industrialized countries.
Gauss Annika, Wenzel Juergen J, Flechtenmacher Christa, Navid Mojdeh, Eisenbach Christoph, Jilg Wolfgang, Stremmel Wolfgang, Schnitzler Paul   +7 more
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Recent Advances in Protective Vaccines against Hepatitis Viruses: A Narrative Review

Viruses, 2023
Vaccination has been confirmed to be the safest and, sometimes, the only tool of defense against threats from infectious diseases. The successful history of vaccination is evident in the control of serious viral infections, such as smallpox and polio ...
Ashraf Elbahrawy, Hassan Atalla, Mohamed Alboraie, Ahmed Alwassief, Ali Madian, Mohammed El Fayoumie, Ashraf A. Tabll, Hussein H. Aly   +7 more
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Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis E virus in Darfur, Sudan, and neighboring Chad. [PDF]

, 2005
The within-outbreak diversity of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was studied during the outbreak of hepatitis E that occurred in Sudan in 2004. Specimens were collected from internally displaced persons living in a Sudanese refugee camp and two camps implanted ...
Andraghetti, R, Armstrong, G L, Caron, M, Enouf, V, Guerin, J P, Guthmann, J P, Nicand, E, Nizou, J Y   +7 more
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General epidemiological parameters of viral hepatitis A, B, C, and E in six regions of China: a cross-sectional study in 2007. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a serious health burden worldwide. To date, few reports have addressed the prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C, and E in China. Therefore, the general epidemiological parameters of viral hepatitis remain unknown.
Jian Lu, Yongdong Zhou, Xiaojing Lin, Yongzhen Jiang, Ruiguang Tian, Yonghui Zhang, Jia Wu, Fengwei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yue Wang, Shengli Bi   +10 more
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