Open AccessTravel-related hepatitis E: a two-decade GeoSentinel analysis
Author(s) -
Laura Ambra Nicolini,
Rhett J. Stoney,
Andrea Della Vecchia,
Martin P. Grobusch,
Philippe Gautret,
Kristina M Angelo,
Perry J.J. van Genderen,
Emmanuel Bottieau,
Karin Leder,
Hilmir Ásgeirsson,
Daniel T. Leung,
Bradley A. Connor,
Prativa Pandey,
Federica Toscanini,
Federico Gobbi,
Francesco Castelli,
Matteo Bassetti,
Davidson H. Hamer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa132
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis e virus , serology , hepatitis e , epidemiology , travel medicine , environmental health , cross sectional study , immunology , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , genotype , antibody , gene
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is widely distributed worldwide and is endemic in developing countries. Travel-related HEV infection has been reported at national levels, but global data are missing. Moreover, the global availability of HEV diagnostic testing has not been explored so far. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of HEV infections in returning travellers and availability of HEV diagnostic testing in the GeoSentinel surveillance network.