Zoonotic hepatitis E virus: classification, animal reservoirs and transmission routes

V Doceul, E Bagdassarian, A Demange, N Pavio - Viruses, 2016 - mdpi.com
During the past ten years, several new hepatitis E viruses (HEVs) have been identified in
various animal species. In parallel, the number of reports of autochthonous hepatitis E in …

Zoonotic origin of hepatitis E

N Pavio, XJ Meng, V Doceul - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hepatitis E virus is transmitted mainly via waterborne, foodborne and zoonotic
routes.•Genotypes 3 and 4 (HEV-3 and HEV-4) are the only genotypes confirmed to be …

Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

DB Smith, P Simmonds… - Journal of General …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
The family Hepeviridae consists of positive-stranded RNA viruses that infect a wide range of
mammalian species, as well as chickens and trout. A subset of these viruses infects humans …

[HTML][HTML] New hepatitis E virus genotype in camels, the Middle East

PCY Woo, SKP Lau, JLL Teng, AKL Tsang… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In a molecular epidemiology study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in dromedaries in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, HEV was detected in fecal samples from 3 camels. Complete genome …

The current host range of hepatitis E viruses

SP Kenney - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen transmitting both human to human
via the fecal oral route and from animals to humans through feces, direct contact, and …

Genetic variability and evolution of hepatitis E virus

PP Primadharsini, S Nagashima, H Okamoto - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus. HEV can cause both
acute and chronic hepatitis, with the latter usually occurring in immunocompromised …

Hepatitis E virus and related viruses in wild, domestic and zoo animals: A review

C Spahr, T Knauf‐Witzens… - Zoonoses and public …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E is a human disease mainly characterized by acute liver illness, which is caused
by infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Large hepatitis E outbreaks have been …

Review of Hepatitis E Virus in Rats: Evident Risk of Species Orthohepevirus C to Human Zoonotic Infection and Disease

G Reuter, Á Boros, P Pankovics - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV)(family Hepeviridae) is one of the most common human pathogens,
causing acute hepatitis and an increasingly recognized etiological agent in chronic hepatitis …

Hepeviridae: an expanding family of vertebrate viruses

R Johne, P Dremsek, J Reetz, G Heckel, M Hess… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) was first identified in 1990, although hepatitis E-like diseases in
humans have been recorded for a long time dating back to the 18th century. The HEV …

Molecular biology and infection of hepatitis E virus

Y Nan, YJ Zhang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a viral pathogen transmitted primarily via fecal-oral route. In
humans, HEV mainly causes acute hepatitis and is responsible for large outbreaks of …