| clinical features of hepatitis e virus infection in ibaraki, japan: autochthonous hepatitis e and acute-on-chronic liver failure. | hepatitis e caused by hepatitis e virus (hev) is a serious public health concern in developing countries where hev is mainly transmitted through contaminated water. recently, in industrialized countries, autochthonous hepatitis e, a porcine zoonosis, has been increasingly recognized. in japan, the number of national notifications of acute hepatitis e has increased since the introduction of anti-hev iga antibody measurement, covered by the national health insurance program, in 2011. in the past t ... | 2015 | 25797216 |
| the high prevalence of hepatitis e virus infection in wild boars in ibaraki prefecture, japan. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is known as a causative agent of zoonosis and food poisoning. pigs and some species of wild animals, including wild boar, are known to be a reservoir of hev. in this study, we investigated the situation regarding hev infection in wild boars in ibaraki prefecture, japan. serum, liver and feces samples from 68 animals were collected, and the presence or absence of hev genomic rna and hev antibodies were analyzed. the viral genome was detected in samples from 7 (10.3%) anima ... | 2016 | 26234737 |