TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruggeri,Franco Maria
AU  - Di Bartolo,Ilaria
AU  - Ostanello,Fabio
AU  - Trevisani,Marcello
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Hepatitis E Virus: An Emerging Zoonotic and Foodborne Pathogen 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
SN  - 9781461475224
AV  - QR355-502 
U1  - 616.9101 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Virology
KW  - Food
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Infectious diseases
KW  - Biomedicine
KW  - Food Science
KW  - Infectious Diseases
KW  - Medicine/Public Health, general
N1  - Introduction.- Etiology -- Epidemiology of the Human HEV Infection -- Pathogenesis in Humans -- Epidemiology of the HEV Infection in Animals -- Pathogenesis in Swine -- Diagnosis of the Hepatitis E Infection -- Hepatitis E Virus: Food-related Issues -- Conclusions -- References .                       
N2  - Hepatitis E (HEV) is a viral infectious disease that infects humans and domestic, wild, and synanthropic animals alike. In developing countries, the disease often presents as an epidemic, transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route. In recent years, sporadic cases have also been documented in industrial countries, including Europe. The identification and characterization of animal strains of HEV from pigs, wild boar, and deer, and the demonstrated ability of cross-species infection by these animal strains raise potential public health concerns for foodborne and zoonotic transmission of the virus. This Brief will provide a thorough overview of HEV. It will discuss the epidemiology and pathogenesis of the virus in both humans and animals, review detection methods, and provide methods for its control and prevention
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7522-4
ER  -