Hepatitis E Virus
Subtitle: An Emerging Zoonotic and Foodborne Pathogen
By: by Franco Maria Ruggeri, Ilaria Di Bartolo, Fabio Ostanello, Marcello Trevisani
Contributors: Di Bartolo, Ilaria; Ostanello, Fabio; Trevisani, Marcello; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
Publisher: Springer New York; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781461475224
Subjects: Biomedicine; Virology; Food science; Medicine/Public Health, general; Medical virology; Infection; Emerging infectious diseases; Medicine; Food Science; Communicable diseases
Description: Hepatitis E (HEV) is a viral infectious disease that infects humans and domestic, wild, and synanthropic animals alike. In developing countries, the disease often presents as an epidemic, transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route. In recent years, sporadic cases have also been documented in industrial countries, including Europe. The identification and characterization of animal strains of HEV from pigs, wild boar, and deer, and the demonstrated ability of cross-species infection by these animal strains raise potential public health concerns for foodborne and zoonotic transmission of the virus. This Brief will provide a thorough overview of HEV. It will discuss the epidemiology and pathogenesis of the virus in both humans and animals, review detection methods, and provide methods for its control and prevention.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.- Etiology; title: Epidemiology of the Human HEV Infection; title: Pathogenesis in Humans; title: Epidemiology of the HEV Infection in Animals; title: Pathogenesis in Swine; title: Diagnosis of the Hepatitis E Infection; title: Hepatitis E Virus: Food-related Issues; title: Conclusions; title: References .