The Foodborne Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus to Humans

Globally, Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes over 20 million cases worldwide. HEV is an emerging and endemic pathogen within economically developed countries, chiefly resulting from infections with genotype 3 (G3) HEV. G3 HEV is known to be a zoonotic pathogen, with a broad host range. The primary sourc...

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Autores principales: Treagus, Samantha, Wright, Conal, Baker-Austin, Craig, Longdon, Ben, Lowther, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33738770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12560-021-09461-5
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description Globally, Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes over 20 million cases worldwide. HEV is an emerging and endemic pathogen within economically developed countries, chiefly resulting from infections with genotype 3 (G3) HEV. G3 HEV is known to be a zoonotic pathogen, with a broad host range. The primary source of HEV within more economically developed countries is considered to be pigs, and consumption of pork products is a significant risk factor and known transmission route for the virus to humans. However, other foods have also been implicated in the transmission of HEV to humans. This review consolidates the information available regarding transmission of HEV and looks to identify gaps where further research is required to better understand how HEV is transmitted to humans through food. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12560-021-09461-5.
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spelling pubmed-81162812021-05-26 The Foodborne Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus to Humans Treagus, Samantha Wright, Conal Baker-Austin, Craig Longdon, Ben Lowther, James Food Environ Virol Review Paper Globally, Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes over 20 million cases worldwide. HEV is an emerging and endemic pathogen within economically developed countries, chiefly resulting from infections with genotype 3 (G3) HEV. G3 HEV is known to be a zoonotic pathogen, with a broad host range. The primary source of HEV within more economically developed countries is considered to be pigs, and consumption of pork products is a significant risk factor and known transmission route for the virus to humans. However, other foods have also been implicated in the transmission of HEV to humans. This review consolidates the information available regarding transmission of HEV and looks to identify gaps where further research is required to better understand how HEV is transmitted to humans through food. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12560-021-09461-5. Springer US 2021-03-18 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8116281/ /pubmed/33738770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12560-021-09461-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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