Epidemiology of hepatitis E in low-and middle-income countries of Asia and Africa

B Kmush, T Wierzba, L Krain, K Nelson… - Seminars in liver …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Hepatitis E is an acute, viral hepatitis primarily transmitted through the fecal–oral route. The
first major epidemic of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was reported in 1955 in Delhi, India. Since that …

A systematic review of hepatitis E virus infection in children

VP Verghese, JL Robinson - Clinical infectious diseases, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Systematic Review of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Children | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
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[HTML][HTML] Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Isfahan province, central Iran: A population based study

SN Mostafavi, B Ataei, Z Nokhodian… - Journal of research in …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide infection. Most studies on toxoplasmosis are
in women in child bearing ages. We conducted an epidemiological survey on the population …

Hepatitis E virus in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: an awareness of an infectious threat to blood safety

S Yazbek, K Kreidieh, S Ramia - Infection, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mainly transmitted through contaminated water
supplies which make the virus endemic in developing countries including countries of the …

Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A and E virus infections in Tehran, Iran: a population based study

SR Mohebbi, M Rostami Nejad… - Transactions of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are enteric hepatotropic viruses and their
prevalence is related to the sanitary conditions of the region under investigation. There are …

Light and darkness: prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among the general population

JM Echevarría - Scientifica, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Human hepatitis E virus (HHEV) spreads early in life among the population in areas
endemic for genotype 1 and infects mainly adults in areas endemic for genotype 3, where it …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Iran

R Taherkhani, F Farshadpour - World journal of gastroenterology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Iran is known as an endemic country for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection, while there are
variations in the epidemiology of HEV infection throughout the country. The available …

[HTML][HTML] Seroprevalence of hepatitis A and E virus infections among healthy population in Shiraz, Southern Iran

S Asaei, M Ziyaeyan, M Moeini… - Jundishapur journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Enterically-transmitted acute viral hepatitis is caused predominantly by
hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV). The prevalence of HEV and HAV …

Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus among Adults in South‐West of Iran

F Farshadpour, R Taherkhani… - Hepatitis research and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Knowledge regarding prevalence of HEV in general population can be an
indicator of the public health and hygiene. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus infection among volunteer blood donors in central province of Iran in 2012

H Ehteram, A Ramezani, A Eslamifar… - Iranian journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results From 530 blood donors, 91.9% were male and 8.1% were female. Overall, anti-HEV
was found in 76 of 530 samples (14.3%). There was no significant difference in HEV …