Towards the Improved Accuracy of Hepatitis E Diagnosis in Vulnerable and Target Groups: A Global Perspective on the Current State of Knowledge and the Implications for Practice.
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The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a positive single-stranded, icosahedral, quasi-enveloped RNA virus in the genus Orthohepevirus of the family Hepeviridae.About:
This article is published in Healthcare.The article was published on 2021-01-29 and is currently open access. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hepatitis E & Population.read more
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Relative risk factors for seropositive hepatitis E virus among blood donors and haemodialysis patients: The pivotal role of primary health care education
Nassir A. Babiker,Adam D Abakar,Nawal T. Mohamed,Nadir Abuzeid,GadAllah Modawe,Mohamed A. M. Iesa,Sami Assil,Hisham Osman,Mohamed Hamed,Mohamed H. Ahmed +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified relative risk factors and co-infections concerning the seropositive HEV IgG among blood donors and haemodialysis (HD) patients in the central blood bank and renal dialysis centre in Wad Medani city, Gezira State, Sudan.
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Potential of CRISPR/Cas system as emerging tools in the detection of viral hepatitis infection
TL;DR: In this article , the authors discuss recent advances in CRISPR-Cas diagnostics tools and assess their potential and prospects in rapid and effective strategies for the diagnosis and control of viral hepatitis infection.
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Low Prevalence of HEV Infection and No Associated Risk of HEV Transmission from Mother to Child among Pregnant Women in Vietnam.
Pham Xuan Huy,Dang Thanh Chung,Dang Thuy Linh,Ngo Thu Hang,Sivaramakrishna Rachakonda,Srinivas Reddy Pallerla,Le Thi Kieu Linh,Hoang Van Tong,Le Minh Dung,Can Van Mao,Heiner Wedemeyer,C-Thomas Bock,Peter G. Kremsner,Le Huu Song,Bui Tien Sy,Nguyen Linh Toan,Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated HEV infections in pregnant women and the possibility of mother-to-child transmission, and associated outcomes, and found no association between the risk of HEV infection and pregnancy outcomes or HEV transmission from mother to child.
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TL;DR: Hepatitis E virus is an enterically transmitted virus that causes both epidemics and sporadic cases of acute hepatitis in many countries of Asia and Africa but only rarely causes disease in more industrialised countries.
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Hepatitis E and pregnancy: understanding the pathogenesis.
TL;DR: The recent developments in understanding the immune response to HEV have encouraged the possible mechanisms for these differences to be reviewed, and further research in the immunology of HEV and pregnancy is required to conquer this disease in the near future.
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Harry R. Dalton,Nassim Kamar,Sally A. Baylis,Darius Moradpour,Heiner Wedemeyer,Francesco Negro +5 more
TL;DR: These Clinical Practice Guidelines will be on HEV genotype 3 (and 4) and show that locally acquired HEV is now the commonest cause of acute viral hepatitis in many European countries.
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TL;DR: This review summarizes the current knowledge on the pathogenesis and treatment of HEV infection and explains why it has a more severe course in pregnant women.
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Rakesh Aggarwal,Sita Naik +1 more
TL;DR: The understanding of hepatitis E epidemiology has undergone major changes in recent years, and the future may hold even more surprises.