Hepatitis E: What We Think We Know

HEV should be on the differential for any patient with acute hepatitis with recent travel to any endemic region or known exposure to animals known to harbor the virus.

 This Case Shows How You Can Catch Hepatitis E From Rats

Rats. Here is another disease that you could possibly get from rats.

First robust cell culture model for the hepatitis E virus

Even though hepatitis E causes over three million infections and about 70,000 deaths each year, the virus has been little studied as yet. This may be about to change...

A Neglected Family Of Killer Viruses

Hepatitis A and E, unlike the other hepatitis viruses, are usually transmitted via contaminated water or food. It's difficult to count annual cases because many people show no symptoms. And the death toll is relatively low compared to hepatitis B and C.

Americans puzzle over new form of hepatitis

AMERICAN scientists have isolated the virus that causes what is believed to be one of the most lethal forms of hepatitis in the Third World.

Explainer: the A, B, C, D and E of hepatitis

While hepatitis E is usually relatively mild, it can cause serious illness late in pregnancy, with a death rate of up to 20% among pregnant women in their third trimester. A vaccine against hepatitis E has been developed but is currently licensed only in China.

Hepatitis E Virus Infection

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a worldwide disease. An improved understanding of the natural history of HEV infection has been achieved within the last decade. Several reservoirs and transmission modes have been identified. Hepatitis E is an underdiagnosed disease, in part due to the use of serological assays with low sensitivity.

Hepatitis E: an underestimated emerging threat

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in the world. It is estimated that millions of people are infected every year, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. However, these estimates do not include industrialized regions and are based on studies which employ assays now known to have inferior sensitivity. As such, this is likely to represent a massive underestimate of the true global burden of disease.

Hepatitis E: Discovery, global impact, control and cure

Hepatitis E is being recognized as a clinical entity of reemerging importance. Major advances have been made in managing chronic hepatitis E. Hepatitis E causes a number of extrahepatic diseases, including a wide spectrum of neurological syndromes. Hepatitis E vaccine -239, marketed in China, has shown high efficacy with sustained protection for over four years.