Hepatitis E Virus in the Role of an Emerging Food-Borne Pathogen.

ABSTRACT: Viral hepatitis E represents an important global health problem caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Cases of HEV infection are increasingly associated with food-borne transmissions after the consumption of raw or undercooked food products from infected animals in high-income regions. Although most cases of infection are asymptomatic, severe courses of infection have been reported in specific groups of people, predominantly among pregnant women and immunocompromised patients. The viral nucleic acid of HEV is increasingly being reported in food-producing animals and different products of an animal origin. Even though the incubation period for HEV infection is long, several direct epidemiological links between human cases and the consumption of HEV-contaminated meat and meat products have

SUBMITTER: Pavlova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12029509 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature