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Magdalena Baymakova Viral hepatitis is among the most common viral infections in infectious disease departments. They occupy an important place in the daily clinical practice of physicians. A recent study by Dr. Magdalen...
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Qiang Ding, Xiaohui Ju Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. There are no direct-acting antivirals for HEV treatment. The mechanism of HEV replication, especially host facto...
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Dionysios Kogias Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a common cause of viral hepatitis in developing countries, is mainly transmitted via the fecal–oral route, but also may be a prevalent hospital-transmitted agent among patie...
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Zongdi Feng, Arash Grakoui HEV has a single capsid protein encoded by its open reading frame (ORF) 2. Recent studies have shown that most of the ORF2 protein found in the circulation of HEV-infected patients is not associated w...
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Ibrahim M. Sayed, Haidi Karam-Allah Ramadan Extrahepatic disorders such as renal or neurological manifestations, cryoglobulinemia, and pancreatitis were reported with HEV infection. These disorders were reported mainly during HEV-3 or HEV-4 chr...
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Fabian Lean The ferret is commonly used as an animal model for studying viral diseases, including the flu and SARS-CoV-2. However, compared to other animals used in experimental studies, we don't know as much abo...
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Hassan Mahsoub, Xiang-Jin Meng Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes adverse clinical outcomes in pregnant women, including preterm delivery, miscarriage, stillbirth, fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), and mortality. The underlying mechanis...
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Bo Wang, Xiang-Jin Meng Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes chronic hepatitis E that requires antiviral therapy in immunosuppressed individuals. Ribavirin (RBV) is the main therapeutic option for chronic hepatitis E as an off-lab...
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Eike Steinmann, Yannick Brüggemann In order to assess the risk of transmission of a given pathogen and determine the most appropriate hygiene measures, detailed information about its survival on different surfaces and susceptibility to...
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Eike Steinmann Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause for acute viral hepatitis with more than 20 million cases per year and 70 000 deaths annually, very little is known about the life cycle of ...
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EVENTS
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/