Zoonotic Hepatitis E Virus: A Focus on Animals, Food and Environment
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2024) | Viewed by 21443
Special Issue Editors
Interests: feline; canine; infectious diseases; emerging viruses
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Interests: enteric and hepatotropic viruses of animals with potential zoonotic
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a major health problem worldwide. HEV typically causes self-limiting acute viral hepatitis, although chronic infection with neurological and other extrahepatic manifestations has also been reported.
The literature indicates that domestic pigs and wild boars are the main reservoirs of genotype 3 and genotype 4 for human infections in industrialized countries. However, the recent identification of HEV from various animal species poses additional potential concerns for HEV zoonotic infection.
The consumption of poorly cooked or raw pork meat is considered the major source of human infection. However, other food types may represent additional sources of human infection, such as bivalve molluscs when growing in coastal waters prone to sewage pollution and leafy vegetables following the use of contaminated organic fertilisers.
This Special Issue aims to provide new insights outlining and covering all the main topics on the pathways of HEV infection in the context of an integrated animal/food/environmental surveillance. We would like to invite colleagues investigating the epidemiology of HEV in animals, food, and environments to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue in the form of original research or reviews.
Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Martino
Dr. Federica Di Profio
Dr. Andrea Palombieri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- HEV
- animals
- humans
- food
- environment
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