Host immune status and response to hepatitis E virus infection

LJ Krain, KE Nelson, AB Labrique - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014 - journals.asm.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), identified over 30 years ago, remains a serious threat to life, health,
and productivity in develo** countries where access to clean water is limited. Recognition …

Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in European countries

D Lapa, MR Capobianchi, AR Garbuglia - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
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 …

Burden of hepatitis E virus infection in pregnancy and maternofoetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JJ Bigna, AF Modiyinji, JR Nansseu… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2020 - Springer
Background There is still a dearth of knowledge on the burden of HEV infection in the global
population of pregnant women. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta …

High mortality associated with an outbreak of hepatitis E among displaced persons in Darfur, Sudan

D Boccia, JP Guthmann, H Klovstad… - Clinical infectious …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes acute onset of jaundice and a high
case-fatality ratio in pregnant women. We provide a clinical description of hospitalized case …

[PDF][PDF] A 20‐year single‐center experience with acute liver failure during pregnancy: is the prognosis really worse?

V Bhatia, A Singhal, SK Panda, SK Acharya - Hepatology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Pregnant patients with acute liver failure (ALF) are believed to have a worse outcome than
nonpregnant women and men with ALF. However objective data supporting this supposition …

Hepatitis E and acute liver failure in pregnancy

SK Acharya - Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatitis E virus is a positive strand RNA virus with three open reading frames which is
transmitted predominantly through the fecal contamination of water and food. It is the most …

Hepatitis E viruses in humans and animals

SD Goens, ML Perdue - Animal health research reviews, 2004 - cambridge.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging pathogen belonging to a newly recognized family of
RNA viruses (Hepeviridae). HEV is an important enterically transmitted human pathogen …

Seroprevalence of fecal-oral transmitted hepatitis A and E virus antibodies in Burkina Faso

KA Traoré, H Rouamba, Y Nébié, M Sanou, AS Traoré… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections occur chiefly as a result of
unhygienic conditions. The purpose of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of …

HEV infection as an aetiologic factor for acute hepatitis: experience from a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh

S Rahman, M Khan, F Karim - Journal of health, population …, 2009 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute hepatitis is seen sporadically round the year in Bangladesh. The incidence of acute
viral hepatitis E increases after floods as this allows sewerage contamination of piped and …

Prevalence, risk factors and molecular evaluation of hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women resident in the northern shores of Persian Gulf, Iran

F Farshadpour, R Taherkhani, MR Ravanbod… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Although Iran is reported to be an endemic country for hepatitis E virus (HEV),
data on the prevalence of HEV infection among pregnant women are scarce and the …