Current knowledge on Hepatitis E virus infection
Author(s) -
R. Pepovich,
Magdalena Baymakova,
Maria Pishmisheva,
P. Marutsov,
Liliya Pekova,
Ilia Tsachev
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp170815159p
Subject(s) - virology , medicine , hepatitis virus , hepatitis
The knowledge about epidemiology and genomic characteristics of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) have developed and changed over the past 30 years. HEVgt1 and HEVgt2 are basically met in South-East Asia and Africa and their transmission is by waterway. HEVgt3 and HEVgt4 are mainly established in Europe and North America, they have native character and transmitted by consummation of contaminated food. The current article presents systematic analysis of the epidemiology, etiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of HEV infection.
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