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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Capai L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357031 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Capai Lisandru L Falchi Alessandra A Charrel Rémi R
Viruses 20190120 1
Although Hepatitis E is increasingly described as a major cause of liver disease in industrialized countries, the epidemiology is far from being fully elucidated. We provide here a comprehensive review of documented clusters of cases, and of serological studies conducted in populations with distinct types of exposure. Seroprevalence rates range from <5% to >50% depending on the countries and the groups of population. Such discrepancies can be attributed to the type of serological assay used, but ...[more]