background: hepatitis e virus is an enterically transmitted virus that is endemic in south asia and this virus is one of the most important cause of acute hepatitis in this region. although hepatitis e virus (hev) is not a leading cause for chronic hepatitis, the role of hev in exacerbation of chronic liver disease is certain. materials and methods: 100 cirrhotic cases (50 hepatitis b and 50 he...

Background and Aims: Co-infection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients can develop and increase liver disease and hepatic complications in the world. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of HEV infection in patients suffering from chronic HCV infection. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study testing anti-HEV antibodies in serum...

background hepatitis e virus (hev) infection is a self-limited hepatitis and the most common cause of acute adult hepatitis in asia. young adults and middle-aged populations are more likely to be infected than other age groups. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of anti-hev among injection drug users (idus) compared to non-idus. patients and methods this was a ...

Background and Aims: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered as one of the common causes of acute viral hepatitis in the world, particularly in the developing countries. It also causes fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women. Although HEV infection in Iran is endemic, there are numerous reports of epidemics caused by this infection in this part of the world. This study aimed to determine seropreval...

Background and Objective: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are both transmitted by the fecal-oral route and are known as leading causes of acute viral hepatitis in the world, especially in developing countries. There is a lack of updated data on HAV and HEV seroprevalence in the north of Iran. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of HAV and HEV among blood donors ...

background and objectives: hepatitis e virus (hev) is a major public health concern in developing countries. hev transmission occurs primarily by the fecal-oral route. it has also been reported that blood donors are potentially able to cause transfusion-associated hepatitis e in endemic areas. this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of hev infection among volunteer blood donors in cent...

conclusions to our knowledge, this is the first chronic case confirmed by the prolonged presence of hev rna in china. it is also the first reported persistent hepatitis e infection caused by hev genotype 4. case presentation here we report a chinese boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who developed hepatitis e during a period of intensive chemotherapy. twenty months after the initial infecti...

Genotyping and subtyping are important to understand epidemiology of the hepatitis E virus so as to improve control measures to prevent transmission of virus in the community. Hence, the aim of the current study was to identify the prevalent HEV genotypes in Rajasthan in acute sporadic hepatitis E cases with varying degree of liver failure. We studied hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from hospi...

Ferret hepatitis E virus (HEV), a novel hepatitis E-like virus, has been identified in ferrets in the Netherlands, Japan, and the US. To determine whether ferret HEV transmits to other animals, we inoculated laboratory rats (Wistar), nude rats (Long-Evans-rnu/rnu), and cynomolgus monkeys with ferret HEV (F4351) by intravenous injection. None of the animals demonstrated a positive sign for virus...