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Vaccine

Published by Joakim Øverbø, Asma Aziz

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute viral hepatitis and is particularly harmful in low-income countries where it can cause large epidemics with a disproportionate toll on pregnant women ...


Clinical feature

Published by Miriam Frankal

Following exposure to hepatitis E virus (HEV), liver transplant recipients have increased risk of developing chronic infection, which may rapidly progress to severe liver damage if not treated. Despit...


Clinical feature

Published by David Bauer, Thomas Reiberger

The results of a recent study conducted at the Vienna General Hospital, led by Prof. Thomas Reiberger and Dr. David Bauer, showed that mortality due to acute hepatitis E is low despite liver function ...


Diagnostics

Published by Ze Xiang, Jian Wu

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is usually a self-limiting disease, and the majority of infections are asymptomatic. However, 5%-30% of HEV-infected patients present acute symptoms, and 0.5%-4% will...


Virology

Published by Thibault Tubiana, Sonia FIEULAINE, Stéphane Bressanelli

Structural biology, the field that produces atomic-level structures of biomacromolecules, has undergone several revolutions in the last ten years. The latest, and possibly the most far-reaching, is th...


Animal reservoir

One health

Published by Kobey Karamendin

Until now, the camel was considered an ordinary farm animal with infectious diseases peculiar only to it. In recent years, new data have been obtained indicating the ability of camels to serve as a ca...


Animal reservoir

One health

Published by Javier Caballero Gómez

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen with worldwide distribution that has been detected in an increasing range of animal species in the last decade. The virus is shed primarily in ...


Virology

Published by Laurence Cocquerel, Cyrine Bentaleb, Cécile-Marie Aliouat-Denis

Many gaps remain in the understanding of the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) lifecycle. Notably, viral factories induced by HEV have not been documented yet and it is currently unknown whether HEV infection l...


Diagnostics

Published by Tejaswini Deshmukh, Kavita Lole

Enterically transmitted hepatitis E (HE) shows worldwide distribution and follows distinct epidemiology in developing and developed nations. Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the etiological agent of HE exhibi...


Public health

Published by Martin Faye

Endemic circulation of HEV could be favoured by precarious living conditions including lack of hygiene or health care facilities and limited access to drinking water as is the case in developing count...


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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/