Hepatitis E virus: assessment of the epidemiological situation in humans in Europe, 2014/15

Highlights • Surveillance systems not harmonised across EU/EEA countries. • Analysis indicates a common trend of increased case numbers on Western EU/EEA countries. • Knowledge of testing algorithms and clinical diagnosis is variable. • Autochthonous cases harbour genotype 3 viruses which are also f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical virology 2016-09, Vol.82, p.9-16
Hauptverfasser:	Adlhoch, Cornelia, Avellon, Ana, Baylis, Sally A, Ciccaglione, Anna R, Couturier, Elisabeth, de Sousa, Rita, Epštein, Jevgenia, Ethelberg, Steen, Faber, Mirko, Fehér, Ágnes, Ijaz, Samreen, Lange, Heidi, Manďáková, Zdenka, Mellou, Kassiani, Mozalevskis, Antons, Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska, Rizzi, Valentina, Said, Bengü, Sundqvist, Lena, Thornton, Lelia, Tosti, Maria E, van Pelt, Wilfrid, Aspinall, Esther, Domanovic, Dragoslav, Severi, Ettore, Takkinen, Johanna, Dalton, Harry R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergy and Immunology Cost of Illness Endemic Diseases Epidemiology Europe Europe - epidemiology Hepatitis - epidemiology Hepatitis E virus Humans Infectious Disease Surveillance Zoonotic infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Surveillance systems not harmonised across EU/EEA countries. • Analysis indicates a common trend of increased case numbers on Western EU/EEA countries. • Knowledge of testing algorithms and clinical diagnosis is variable. • Autochthonous cases harbour genotype 3 viruses which are also found in pigs. • Sharing of human and animal data needed to understand transmission/epidemiology.
ISSN:	1386-6532 1873-5967
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcv.2016.06.010