Johne, Reimar; Dremsek, Paul; Reetz, Jochen; Heckel, Gerald; Hess, Michael; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2014). Hepeviridae: An expanding family of vertebrate viruses. Infection, genetics and evolution, 27, pp. 212-229. Elsevier 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.024
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The hepatitis E virus (HEV) was first identified in 1990, although hepatitis E-like diseases in humans have been recorded for a long time dating back to the 18th century. The HEV genotypes 1–4 have been subsequently detected in human hepatitis E cases with different geographical distribution and different modes of transmission. Genotypes 3 and 4 have been identified in parallel in pigs, wild boars and other animal species and their zoonotic potential has been confirmed. Until 2010, these genotypes along with avian HEV strains infecting chicken were the only known representatives of the family Hepeviridae. Thereafter, additional HEV-related viruses have been detected in wild boars, distinct HEV-like viruses were identified in rats, rabbit, ferret, mink, fox, bats and moose, and a distantly related agent was described from closely related salmonid fish. This review summarizes the characteristics of the so far known HEV-like viruses, their phylogenetic relationship, host association and proposed involvement in diseases. Based on the reviewed knowledge, a suggestion for a new taxonomic grouping scheme of the viruses within the family Hepeviridae is presented.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Population Genetics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Heckel, Gerald |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
1567-1348 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Isabelle Duperret |
Date Deposited: |
10 Sep 2015 09:07 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:49 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.024 |
PubMed ID: |
25050488 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.71387 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/71387 |
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