Hepatitis E Virus An Emerging Zoonotic and Foodborne Pathogen /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Ruggeri, Franco Maria (Συγγραφέας), Di Bartolo, Ilaria (Συγγραφέας), Ostanello, Fabio (Συγγραφέας), Trevisani, Marcello (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Virology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Food Science.; Infectious Diseases.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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 .                       .