At least 20 million hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections occur annually, with> 3 million
symptomatic cases and∼ 60,000 fatalities. Hepatitis E is generally self-limiting, with a case …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the sole member of the genus Hepevirus in the family of
Hepeviridae, is the major cause of several outbreaks of waterborne hepatitis in tropical and …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important infection in humans in EU/EEA countries, and over
the last 10 years more than 21,000 acute clinical cases with 28 fatalities have been notified …

Background. Hepatitis E is a classic water-borne disease in developing countries. In
Germany, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are notifiable. The number of non-travel …

Acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a self-limiting symptomatic or asymptomatic
disease. However, as recently observed, it can manifest itself as chronic hepatitis in patients …

Increasing numbers of non-travel-associated hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been
reported in Europe in recent years. Our objective was to review the evidence on risk factors …

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified as an emerging cause of
infectious hepatitis over the last years in developed countries. In contrast to travel associated …

Over the last decade the seroprevalence of immunoglobulin (IgG) anti hepatitis E virus
(HEV) has been increasing in European countries and shows significant variability among …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute self-limiting hepatitis in humans. In
industrialized countries, autochthonous cases are linked to zoonotic transmission from …

The risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections by contaminated blood
products remains unknown. In the present study, we evaluated and compared different …