Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food‐borne pathogen

Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food‐borne pathogen

Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important infection in humans in EU/EEA countries, and over the last 10 years more than 21,000 acute clinical cases with 28 fatalities have been notified with an overall 10‐fold increase in reported HEV cases; the majority (80%) of cases were reported from Fran...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Antonia Ricci, Ana Allende, Declan Bolton, Marianne Chemaly, Robert Davies, Pablo Salvador Fernandez Escamez, Lieve Herman, Kostas Koutsoumanis, Roland Lindqvist, Birgit Nørrung, Lucy Robertson, Giuseppe Ru, Moez Sanaa, Marion Simmons, Panagiotis Skandamis, Emma Snary, Niko Speybroeck, Benno Ter Kuile, John Threlfall, Helene Wahlström, Ilaria Di Bartolo, Reimar Johne, Nicole Pavio, Saskia Rutjes, Wim vander Poel, Petra Vasickova, Michaela Hempen, Winy Messens, Valentina Rizzi, Francesca Latronico, Rosina Girones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-07-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
hepatitis E virus
food‐borne
pork
wild boar
liver
HEV
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4886

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https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4886

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