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| | #REDIRECT[[Hepatitis E Virus]] |
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| ==Overview==
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| ==Taxonomy==
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| [[Virus]]es; ssRNA viruses; ssRNA positive-strand viruses; Hepeviridae; [[Hepevirus]]; [[Hepatitis E virus]]<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web | title = Hepatitis E virus taxonomy | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=12461 }}</ref> | |
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| ==Biology==
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| | [[File:HEV.jpg|200px|thumb|none|Hepatitis E virus <SMALL>Courtesy: ''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]''<ref>{{Cite web | title = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp}}</ref></SMALL>]]
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| The viral particles are 27 to 34 [[nanometer]]s in diameter, are non-enveloped and contain a single-strand of positive-sense [[RNA]] that is approximately 7300 bases in length. The virus particle was first visualised in 1983<ref>{{cite journal |author=Balayan MS, Andjaparidze AG, Savinskaya SS, ''et al'' |title=Evidence for a virus in non-A, non-B hepatitis transmitted via the fecal-oral route |journal=Intervirology |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=23-31 |year=1983 |pmid=6409836 |doi=}}</ref> but was only molecularly cloned in 1990.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reyes GR, Purdy MA, Kim JP, ''et al'' |title=Isolation of a cDNA from the virus responsible for enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis |journal=Science |volume=247 |issue=4948 |pages=1335-9 |year=1990 |pmid=2107574 |doi=10.1126/science.2107574}}</ref>
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| It was previously classified family [[Caliciviridae]]. However, its [[genome]] more closely resembles the [[rubella|rubella virus]]. It is now classified in a new virus family, named as Hepeviridae.
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| *Caused by the Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
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| *HEV is found in the stool (feces) of persons and animals with hepatitis E.
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| *HEV is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water.
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| *Transmission from person to person occurs less commonly than with hepatitis A virus
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| *Most outbreaks in developing countries have been associated with contaminated drinking water. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/e/fact.htm]
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| ===Life Cycle===
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| ===Genotypes===
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| ==Tropism==
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| ==Natural Reservoir==
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| The natural reservoir of HEV is yet to be identified. Different observations have suggested different hosts:
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| *Prolonged fecal shedding from patients with history of the disease has been suggested. However, duration of viral shedding in feces is not compatible with this hypothesis.<ref name="pmid11009149">{{cite journal| author=Aggarwal R, Kini D, Sofat S, Naik SR, Krawczynski K| title=Duration of viraemia and faecal viral excretion in acute hepatitis E. | journal=Lancet | year= 2000 | volume= 356 | issue= 9235 | pages= 1081-2 | pmid=11009149 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02737-9 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11009149 }} </ref>
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| *Environmental reservoir was suggested due to detection of HEV in sewages.<ref name="pmid17935174">{{cite journal| author=Ippagunta SK, Naik S, Sharma B, Aggarwal R| title=Presence of hepatitis E virus in sewage in Northern India: frequency and seasonal pattern. | journal=J Med Virol | year= 2007 | volume= 79 | issue= 12 | pages= 1827-31 | pmid=17935174 | doi=10.1002/jmv.21017 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17935174 }} </ref>
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| *Continuous fecal shedding from [[asymptomatic]] patients was suggested as a form of maintenance of the [[HEV|virus]], contaminating water supplies.<ref name="pmid21932388">{{cite journal| author=Aggarwal R, Jameel S| title=Hepatitis E. | journal=Hepatology | year= 2011 | volume= 54 | issue= 6 | pages= 2218-26 | pmid=21932388 | doi=10.1002/hep.24674 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21932388 }} </ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Hepatitis|E]]
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| [[Category:Viruses]]
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| [[Category:Infectious disease]] | | [[Category:Infectious disease]] |
| | [[Category:Hepatology]] |
| [[Category:Gastroenterology]] | | [[Category:Gastroenterology]] |