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Antiviral agent

Published by Wenshi Wang

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can cause severe complications and high mortality in pregnant women, organ transplant recipients, patients with pre-existing liver disease and immunosuppressed patien...


Antiviral agent

Published by Mohammad Khalid Parvez

In the absence of a globally accessible HEV vaccine, peg-IFNα-2a and ribavirin are the only effective regimen of choice for acute hepatic failure and chronic hepatitis E. However, though ribavirin in...


Antiviral agent

Published by Mohammad Khalid Parvez

Globally, pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin are the only recommended antiviral agents for treating chronic hepatitis E patients. However, though ribavirin induces a sustained virologic response, s...


Public health

Published by Andrea Palombieri

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections constitute a significant health problem worldwide, with 4 major genotypes (HEV1-HEV4) being implicated in human infection/disease. HEV3 and HEV4 are considered zoono...


Animal reservoir

Public health

Published by Ana Carolina Abrantes

Currently, the infection of European wild boars with the Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is seen as an emerging Public Health concern. Humans may be in danger of contracting acute lethal hepatitis from foodbo...


Animal reservoir

Food virology

Published by Maria Belen Pisano

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging cause of viral hepatitis and several animals such as pigs, wild boars or deers, are considered a reservoir for the virus. HEV genotype 3 (HEV-3) has been reporte...


Animal reservoir

One health

Published by Santiago Mirazo

Wildlife is considered an important factor in the emergence and spread of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that can ultimately impact human and animal health. It is estimated that 75% of e...


Diagnostics

Virology

Published by Siddharth Sridhar, JIANWEN SITU

Human cases of Rocahepevirus ratti (HEV-C1) infection are increasingly reported worldwide. Serological tests for HEV-C1 infection are necessary for measuring the clinical burden of HEV-C1 on communiti...


Virology

Virus-host interaction

Published by Morgan Herod

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of acute viral hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). Although the infection usually self-resolves in healthy people, occasionally it can lead to acute liver ...


Virus-host interaction

Published by Qiuwei Abdullah Pan

HEV infection caused liver diseases are closely related to dysregulation of immune responses, especially inflammatory response. Macrophages play a central role in immunosurveillance of the healthy liv...


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2023-04-28

2nd International HEV Symposium
The meeting will be held from April 28 to 29, 2023, in London. The 2-day meeting will feature talks and presentations given on the latest updates on HEV epidemiology, diagnostics, treatment, laboratory research, and disease control. More information: https://www.ivi.int/hev-symposium-2023/