Hepatitis E virus in water environments: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GR Takuissu, S Kenmoe, L Ndip… - Food and Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for acute hepatitis in humans, through foodborne,
zoonotic, and waterborne transmission routes. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of …

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 …

Genotype 4 Hepatitis E virus replicates in the placenta, causes severe histopathological damage, and vertically transmits to fetuses

Z Qian, T Li, Y Xia, C Cong, S Chen, Y Zhang, S Gong… - Journal of Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Summary Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in pregnant women causes adverse
pregnancy outcomes, including maternal death, premature delivery, stillbirth, and fetal …

Hepatitis E virus: chronic infection, extra-hepatic manifestations, and treatment

N Kamar, F Abravanel, S Lhomme, L Rostaing… - Clinics and research in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a worldwide disease. An improved understanding of the
natural history of HEV infection has been achieved within the last decade. Several reservoirs …

Hepatitis E: source and route of infection, clinical manifestations and new developments

L Scobie, HR Dalton - Journal of viral hepatitis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis E was previously thought to be a disease of developing countries causing
significant morbidity and mortality in young adults, particularly among pregnant women and …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 strains and a plethora of other viruses detected in raw and still in tap water

H Wang, I Kjellberg, P Sikora, H Rydberg, M Lindh… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, next generation sequencing was used to explore the virome in 20L up to
10,000 L water from different purification steps at two Swedish drinking water treatment …

Bioaccumulation efficiency, tissue distribution, and environmental occurrence of hepatitis E virus in bivalve shellfish from France

M Grodzki, J Schaeffer, JC Piquet… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), an enteric pathogen of both humans and animals, is excreted by
infected individuals and is therefore present in wastewaters and coastal waters. As bivalve …

[HTML][HTML] Survival of hepatitis A and E viruses in soil samples

D Parashar, P Khalkar, VA Arankalle - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2011 - Elsevier
Survival of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) in soil samples spiked with
respective viruses was analysed using real-time PCR. Virus-spiked soil samples were …

Assessment of the presence of hepatitis E virus in surface water and drinking water in Portugal

D Salvador, C Neto, MJ Benoliel, MF Caeiro - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a non-enveloped single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus,
belonging to the Hepeviridae family, resistant to environmental conditions, and transmitted …

Clustered Cases of Waterborne Hepatitis E Virus Infection, France

S Lhomme, S Magne, S Perelle, E Vaissière… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The identification of seven cases of hepatitis E virus infection in a French rural hamlet in
April 2015 led to investigations confirming the clustering and identifying the source of the …