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Synanthropic rodents as virus reservoirs and transmitters

Abstract This review focuses on reports of hepatitis E virus, hantavirus, rotavirus, coronavirus, and arenavirus in synanthropic rodents (Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, and Mus musculus) within urban environments. Despite their potential impact on human health, relatively few studies have addressed th...

Hepatitis E virus prevalence in Egyptian children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is one of the major public health problems in developing countries. HEV can cause chronic infections in immunocompromised individuals e.g. thalassemic patients with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. In addition there is possibility of HEV transmission t...

High Clinical Manifestation Rate in an Imported Outbreak of Hepatitis E Genotype 1 Infection in a German Group of Travellers Returning from India

Ann. hepatol; 16 (1), 2017
Abstract: Background. There are only few reports about travel-associated, imported tropical hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 1 infections within Western travellers. We describe the clinical course of a single outbreak of hepatitis E in a German travellers group returning from India and compare the resu...

Infecciones tropicales en viajeros a Latinoamérica: parte I
Tropical diseases in travelers to Latin America: part I

Rev. chil. infectol; 16 (4), 1999
Las infecciones permanecen como una de las más importantes causas de morbilidad entre los viajeros. Los países de América Latina son uno de los puntos de destino más importante. Las dos enfermedades de mayor frecuencia son malaria y diarrea del viajero; sin embargo, Latinoamérica es aún un importan...

El creciente espectro de las hepatitis virales
The increasing spectrum of viral hepatitis