Editors:
- Systematically and comprehensively discussing biological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of HEV
- Introducing the treatment and prevention of HEV
- Providing the experimental methods associated with HEV study
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 948)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book systematically and comprehensively discusses the biological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the hepatitis E virus (HEV). It presents current knowledge of HEV and explores experimental methods, treatment and prevention of HEV. First identified in the 1980s and cloned in 1990, HEV is the causative agent of Hepatitis E, which mainly occurs in developing regions, such as Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, and significantly affects the health of the people in these areas. It is estimated that a third of the world’s population has been infected with HEV, which is transmitted via the fecal-oral route and can infect both human and animals.
The book provides an overview of HEV from benchside to bedside. It is a valuable resource for researchers in the field and those in the pharmaceutical industry developing HEV vaccines, as well as physicians involved in identifying and treating those infected with the virus.Editors and Affiliations
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Division of HIV/AIDS and Sex-transmitted Virus Vaccines, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China
Youchun Wang
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hepatitis E Virus
Editors: Youchun Wang
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0942-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1443-1Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-0942-0Published: 13 October 2016
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 246
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Virology, Vaccine, Biological Techniques, Infectious Diseases