Advances in understanding of hepatitis E virus as a food- and waterborne pathogen

W.H.M. Van Der Poel; A. Berto

doi:10.1533/9780857098870.4.401

Advances in understanding of hepatitis E virus as a food- and waterborne pathogen

W.H.M. Van Der Poel^*, A. Berto

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Virology & Molecular Biology

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Abstract

Hepatitis E is an acute hepatitis in humans, first recognized in 1980 and caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Mammalian HEVs are divided into four genotypes (1-4) of which gt1 and gt2 are involved in epidemics and gt3 and gt4 are more involved in sporadic cases. The principal mode of spread is faecal-oral from contaminated water supplies, almost exclusively in developing regions. Accumulating evidence indicates that HEV (gt3 and gt4) transmission may be zoonotic in developed regions with swine and perhaps other animal species serving as reservoirs for the virus. The exact transmission routes are unclear, but HEV RNA has been detected in retail pig products.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Viruses in Food and Water
Subtitle of host publication	Risks, Surveillance and Control
Editors	N. Cook
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	19
Pages	401-441
Number of pages	41
ISBN (Print)	9780857094308
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098870.4.401
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2014

Keywords

Foodborne
Hepatitis E
HEV
Virus
Waterborne
Zoonosis

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