Mulder, Annemieke Christine and Kroneman, Annelies and Franz, Eelco and Vennema, Harry and Tulen, Anna D. and Takkinen, Johanna and Hofhuis, Agnetha and Adlhoch, Cornelia and Aberle, Stephan and Subissi, Lorenzo and Suin, Vanessa and Midgley, Sofie and Kuznetsova, Tatiana and Izopet, Jacques and Pavio, Nicole and Baechlein, Christine and Baylisa, Sally A. and Corman, Victor M. and Fabera, Mirko and Johne, Reimar and Kamp, Christel and Wenzel, Juergen J. and Coughlan, Suzie and Di Bartolo, Ilaria and Bruni, Roberto and Ciccaglionea, Anna Rita and Garbuglia, Anna Rosa and Suffredini, Elisabetta and Boxman, Ingeborg and Hogema, Boris and van der Poel, Wim and Zaaijera, Hans and de Sousaa, Rita and Velebit, Branko and Avellona, Ana and Buti, Maria and Girones, Rosina and Quer, Josep and Widen, Frederik and Norder, Helene and Nystrom, Kristina and Bachofen, Claudia and Sahli, Roland and Ijaza, Samreen and Treagus, Samantha and Kulka, Michael and Rizzi, Valentina (2019) HEVnet: a One Health, collaborative, interdisciplinary network and sequence data repository for enhanced hepatitis E virus molecular typing, characterisation and epidemiological investigations. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 24 (10): 1800407. pp. 42-47. ISSN 1560-7917,
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. In Europe, HEV is a zoonosis transmitted via contaminated pork meat or other pork food products. Genotype 3 is the most prevalent HEV type in the animal reservoir, as well as in humans. Despite an increased incidence of hepatitis E across Europe, much remains unknown about its spread, sources and transmission routes. A One Health approach is crucial to better understand the (molecular) epidemiology of HEV. HEVnet was established in April 2017 as a network and database for sharing sequences and accompanying metadata collected from human, animal, food and environmental sources. HEVnet members working in the public health, veterinary health, food, environmental and blood safety sectors have submitted 1,615 HEV sequences from nine countries as at January 2019. Most are from humans (89%), and sequences of animal (5%), food (6%) or environmental (0.3%) origin are rare. Metadata for human sequences capture mostly sex (93%), year of birth (92%) and sampling (100%); data on region of sampling (37%) and clinical information (hospitalisation 27%, symptoms 20% or mortality 8%) are limited. HEVnet aims to expand into a global network capable of performing cross-sectoral and supranational studies, with a joint repository of molecular and epidemiological data on HEV.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | E INFECTION; PORK; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2020 13:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2020 13:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27377 |
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