The two faces of hepatitis E virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-334

  Teshale, Eyasu H ^a   Hu, Dale J ^a   Holmberg, Scott D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77954692023     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653943     Document Type: Review

References (76)

1. Balayan MS, Andjaparidze AG, Savinskaya SS, et al. Evidence for a virus in non-A non-B hepatitis transmitted via fecal-oral route. Intervirology 1983; 20:23-31.
2. Clemente-Caseres P, Pina S, Buti M, et al. Hepatitis E virus epidemiology in industrialized countries. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:448-454.
3. Viswanathan R. Infectious hepatitis in Delhi (1955-1956). A critical study: epidemiology. Indian J Med Res 1957; 45:49-58.
4. Lewis HC, Boisson S, Ijaz S, et al. Hepatitis E in England and Wales. Emerg Infect Dis 2008; 14:165-167.
5. Mansury JM, Peron JM, Abravanel F, et al. Hepatitis E in the south west of France in individuals who have never visited an endemic area. J Med Virol 2004; 74:419-424.
6. Amon JJ, Drobeniuc J, Bower WA, et al. Locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection, El Paso, Texas. J Med Virol 2006; 78:741-746.
7. Tsarev SA, Tsareva TS, Emerson SU, et al. Infectivity titration of a prototype strain of hepatitis E virus in cyanomolgus monkeys. J Med Virol 1994; 43:135-142.
8. Favorov MO, Fields HA, Purdy MA, et al. Serologic identification of hepatitis E virus in epidemic and endemic settings. J Med Virol 1992;36: 246-250.
9. Chadha MS, Walimbe AM, Arankalle VA. Retrospective serological analysis of hepatitis E patients: a long-term follow-up study. J Viral Hepat 1999; 6:457-461.
10. Chauhan A, Jameel S, Dilawari JB, et al. Hepatitis E transmission to a volunteer. Lancet 1993; 341:149-150.
11. Dalton HR, Bendall RP, Keane FE, Tedder RS, Ijaz S. Persistent carriage of hepatitis E virus in patients with HIV infection. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:1025-1027.
12. Haagsma EB, Niesters HG, van den Berg AP, et al. Prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in liver transplant recipients. Liver Transpl 2009; 15: 1225-1228.
13. Gérolami R, Moal V, Picard C, Colson P. Hepatitis E virus as an emerging cause of chronic liver disease in organ transplant recipients. J Hepatol 2009; 50:622-624.
14. Kamar N, Mansuy J-M, Cointault O, et al. Hepatitis E virus-related cirrhosis in kidney- and kidney-pancreas-transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 2008; 8:1744-1748.
15. Kamar N, Selves J, Mansuy JM, et al. Hepatitis E virus and chronic hepatitis in organ-transplant recipients. N Engl JMed 2008; 358:811-817.
16. Ollier L, Tiulie N, Sanderson F, et al. Chronic hepatitis after hepatitis E virus infection in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma taking Rituximab. Ann Intern Med 2009; 150:430-431.
17. Kaba M, Brouqui P, Richet H, et al. Chronic hepatitis E in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients living in south-eastern France. In: Program and abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Helsinki). 2009.
18. Coutre P, Meisel H, Hofmann J, et al. Reactivation of hepatitis E infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after allogenic stem cell transplantation. Gut 2009; 58:699-702.
19. Kamar N, Abravanel F, Selves J, et al. Influence of immunosuppressive therapy on the natural history of genotype 3 hepatitis-E virus infection after organ transplantation. Transplantation 2010; 89:353-360.
20. Dalton HR, Fellows HJ, StableforthW, et al. The role of hepatitis E testing in drug-induced liver injury. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26:1429-1435.
21. Kumar Acharya S, Kumar Sharma P, Singh R, et al. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in patients with cirrhosis is associated with rapid decompensation and death. J Hepatol 2007; 46:387-394.
22. Khuroo MS, Teli MR, Skidmore S, et al. Incidence and severity of viral hepatitis in pregnancy. Am J Med 1981; 70:252-255.
23. Ramalingaswami V, Purcell RH. Waterborne non-A non B hepatitis. Lancet 1988; 1:571-573.
24. Tsega E, Krawzyski K, Hansson L, et al. Hepatitis E virus infection in pregnancy in Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J 1993; 31:173-181.
25. Lindemann MLM, Morales JG, Fernández-Barrado S, et al. Case report: fulminant hepatitis E in a woman taking oral contraceptive medication. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010; 82:12-15.
26. Teshale EH, Howard C, Grytdal S, et al. A large outbreak of hepatitis E in northern Uganda. Emerg Infect Dis 2010; 16:126-129.
27. Sharapov MB, Favarov MO, Yashina TL, et al. Acute viral hepatitis morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis E virus infection: Uzbekistan surveillance data. BMC Infect Dis 2009; 9:35.
28. Khuroo MS. Study of an epidemic of non-A non-B hepatitis; possibility of another human hepatitis virus distinct from post-transfusion non- A, non-B type. Am J Med 1980; 68:818-824.
29. Velazquez O, Stetler H, Avila C, et al. Epidemic transmission of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in Mexico, 1986-1987. JAMA 1990; 263:3281-3285.
30. Tsega E, Krawczynski K, Hansson B-G, et al. Outbreak of acute hepatitis E virus infection among military personnel in northern Ethiopia. J Med Virol 1991; 34:232-236.
31. Naik SR, Aggarwal R, Salunke PN, Mehrota NN. A large waterborne viral hepatitis E epidemic in Kanpur, India. BullWHO 1992; 70:597-604.
32. Zhang H, Cao XY, Liu CB, et al. Epidemiology of hepatitis E in China. Gastroenterol Jpn 1991; 26:135-138.
33. Bi SL, Purdy MA, McCaustland KA, Margolis HS, Bradley DW. The sequence of hepatitis E virus isolated directly from a single source during an outbreak in China. Virus Res 1993; 28:233-247.
34. Corwin AL, Kheim HB, Clayson ET, et al. A waterborne outbreak of hepatitis E virus transmission in southwestern Vietnam. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996; 54:559-562.
35. Guthmann JP, Klovstad H, Boccia D, et al. A large outbreak of hepatitis E among a displaced population in Darfur, Sudan, 2004: the role of water treatment methods. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 42:1685-1691.
36. Teshale EH, Grytdal SP, Howard C, et al. Evidence of person-to-person transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) during a large outbreak in northern Uganda. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50:1006-1010.
37. Khuroo MS, Kamili S, Yattoo GN. Hepatitis E virus infection may be transmitted through blood transfusions in an endemic area. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004; 19:778-784.
38. Matsubayashi K, Nagaoka Y, Sakato H, et al. Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E caused by apparently indigenous hepatitis E virus strain in Hokkaido, Japan. Transfusion 2004; 44:934-940.
39. Fix AD, Abdel-Hamid M, Purcell RH, et al. Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E in two rural Egyptian communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2000; 62:519-523.
40. Maila H, Bowyer M, Swanepoel R. Identification of a new strain of hepatitis E virus from an outbreak in Namibia in 1995. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:89-95.
41. Wang Y, Ling R, Erker J, et al. A divergent genotype of hepatitis E virus in Chinese patients with acute hepatitis. J Gen Virol 1999; 80: 169-177.
42. Teo CG. Hepatitis E. In: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health information for international travel 2010. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 2009: 335-338.
43. Beniwal M, Kumar A, Kar P, et al. Prevalence and severity of acute viral hepatitis and fulminant hepatitis during pregnancy: a prospective study from North India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2003; 21:184-5.
44. Kumar A, Beniwal B, Kar P, et al. Hepatitis E in pregnancy. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2004; 85:240-244.
45. Khuroo MS, Salimi K, Jameel S. Vertical transmission of hepatitis E virus. Lancet 1995; 345:1025-1026.
46. Stoszek S, Abdel-Hamid M, Saleh D, et al. High prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies in pregnant Egyptian women. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2006; 100:95-101. (Pubitemid 43024764)
47. Shukla P, Chauhan UK, Naik S, Anderson D, Aggarwal R. Hepatitis E virus infection among anaimals in northern India: an unlikely source of human disease. J Viral Hepat 2007; 14:310-317.
48. Colson P, Coze C, Gallian P, et al. Transfusion-associated hepatitis E, France. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13:648-649.
49. Nishizawa T, Takahashi M, Mizuo H, et al. Characterization of Japanese swine and human hepatitis E virus isolates of genotype IV with 99% identity over the entire genome. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:1245-1251. (Pubitemid 36592617)
50. Wu JC, Chen CM, Chiang TY, et al. Spread of hepatitis E virus among different aged pigs: two year survey in Taiwan. J Med Virol 2002; 66: 488-492.
51. Arankalle VA, Chobe LP, Joshi MV, et al. Human and swine hepatitis E viruses from western India belong to different genotypes. J Hepatol 2002; 36:417-425.
52. Arankalle VA, Chobe LP, Jha J, et al. Aetiology of acute sporadic non- A, non-B viral hepatitis in India. J Med Virol 1993; 40:121-125.
53. Goldsmith R, Yarbough PO, Dar MY, et al. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of acute sporadic hepatitis E in Egyptian children. Lancet 1992; 339:328-333.
54. Vasickova P, Psikal I, Kralik P, et al. Hepatitis E virus: a review. Veterinarni Medicina 2007; 52:365-384.
55. Krawczynski K. Hepatitis E vaccine-ready for prime time? N Engl J Med 2007; 356:949-951.
56. Shata MT, Navaneethan U. The mystery of hepatitis E seroprevalence in developed countries: is there subclinical infection due to hepatitis E virus? Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47:1032-1034.
57. Ghabrah TM, Tsarev S, Yarbough PO, Emerson SU, Strickland GT, Purcell RH. Comparison of tests for antibody to hepatitis E virus. J Med Virol 1998; 55:134-137.
58. Kuniholm MH, Purcell RH, McQuilllan GM, Engle RE, Wasley A, Nelson KE. Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in the United States: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. J Infect Dis 2009; 200:48-56.
59. Christensen PB, Engle RE, Hjort C, et al. Time trend of the prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies among farmers and blood donors: a potential zoonosis in Denmark. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47:1026-1031.
60. Khan A, Tanaka Y, Abbas Z, et al. Acute viral hepatitis epidemic caused by hepatitis E variants: vigilant sampling and apt test influence diagnosis [abstract 269]. Hepatology 2009; 50(Suppl):432A.
61. Jeggli S, Steiner D, Joller H, Tschopp A, Steffen R, Hotz P. Hepatitis E, Helicobacter pylori, and gastrointestinal symptoms in workers exposed to waste water. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61:622-627.
62. Stefanidis I, Zervou EK, Rizos C, et al. Hepatitis E virus antibodies in hemodialysis patients: an epidemiological survey in central Greece. Int J Artif Organs 2004; 27:842-847.
63. Kwo PY, Schlauder GG, Carpenter HA, et al. Acute hepatitis E by a new isolate acquired in the United States. Mayo Clin Proc 1997; 72: 1133-1136.
64. Erker JC, Desai SM, Schlauder GG, Dawson GJ, Mushahwar IK. A hepatitis E virus variant from the United States: molecular characterization and transmission in cynomolgus macaques. J Gen Virol 1999; 80:681-690.
65. Kabrane-Lazizi Y, Zhang M, Purcell RH, Miller KD, Davey RT, Emerson SU. Acute hepatitis caused by novel strain of hepatitis E virus most closely related to United States strains. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:1687-1693.
66. Tsang THF, Denison EK, Williams HV, Venczel LV, Ginsberg MM, Vugia DJ. Acute hepatitis E infection acquired in California. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 30:618-619.
67. Mizuo H, Yakazi Y, Sugawara K, et al. Possible risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis E virus and for the severe form of hepatitis E acquired locally in Hokkaido, Japan. J Med Virol 2005; 76:341-349.
68. Toyoda K, Furusyo N, Takeoka H, Murata M, Suryama Y, Hayashi J. Epidemiological study of hepatitis E virus infection in the general population of Okinawam Kyushu, Japan. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 23:1885-1890.
69. Drobeniuc J, Favorov MO, Shapiro CN, et al. Hepatitis E virus antibody seroprevalence among persons who work with swine. J Infect Dis 2001; 184:1594-1597.
70. Meng XJ, Wiseman B, Elvinger F, et al. Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus in veterinarians working with swine and in normal blood donors in the United States and other countries. J ClinMicrobiol 2002; 40:117-122.
71. Wichmann O, Schimanski S, Koch J, et al. Phylogenetic and casecontrol study on hepatitis E virus infection in Germany. J Infect Dis 2008; 198:1732-1741.
72. Feagins AR, Opriessnig T, Guenette DK, Halbur PG, Meng XJ. Detection and characterization of infectious hepatitis E virus from commercial pig livers sold in grocery stores in the USA. J Gen Virol 2007;88: 912-917.
73. Matsuda H, Okada K, Takahashi K, Mishiro S. Severe hepatitis E virus infection after ingestion of uncooked liver from a wild boar. J Infect Dis 2003; 188:944.
74. Thomas DL, Yarbough PO, Vlahov D, et al. Seroreactivity to hepatitis E virus in areas where the disease is not endemic. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:1244-1247.
75. Said B, Ijaz S, Kafatos G, et al. Hepatitis E outbreak on cruise ship. Emerg Infect Dis 2009; 15:1738-1744.
76. Polson J, Lee W. AASLD position paper: management of acute liver failure. Hepatology 2005; 41:1178-1197.