U.S. News & World Report: Melissa Jenkins, associate professor at the School of Medicine, outlined the differences between hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, including the ...

Scientists have identified a potential new weapon against hepatitis E, a virus with no approved treatment and tens of thousands of deaths each year. The drug bemnifosbuvir, currently in trials for ...

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is among the leading global causes of acute viral hepatitis. Molecular studies of HEV strains have identified four main genotypes. Genotypes 1 and 2 are limited to humans ...

Hepatitis E, a potentially serious viral liver disease, is transmitted through contaminated water. The risk is particularly high in populations with limited access to safe water and sanitation. In ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications reviewed the current evidence on rat hepatitis E virus (ratHEV, Rocahepevirus ratti) ecology, molecular virology, host range, and clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Currently, more than 300 million people are diagnosed with hepatitis around the world, according to the World ...

The World Health Organization recently announced an outbreak of hepatitis E in the eastern Ouaddai province of Chad. Between January and April 2024, 2,093 suspected hepatitis E cases were reported ...

An international team of virologists, mammalian ecologists and zoologists has uncovered the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus. In their study, published in the Proceedings of the National ...