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Hepatitis E is inflammation of the liver caused by infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV); [4] [5] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [6] Hepatitis E has mainly a fecal-oral transmission route that is similar to hepatitis A , although the viruses are unrelated.
Human, pig, wild boar, sheep, cow, camel, monkey, some rodents, bats and chickens serve as natural hosts. There are two genera in the family. Diseases associated with this family include: hepatitis; high mortality rate during pregnancy; and avian hepatitis E virus is the cause of hepatitis-splenomegaly (HS) syndrome among chickens. [1] [2]
Hepatitis E: Hepatitis E virus: domestic and wild animals contaminated food or water Histoplasmosis: Histoplasma capsulatum: birds, bats inhaling fungi in guano HIV: SIV Simian immunodeficiency virus: non-human primates contact with infected blood and other bodily fluids, mother-to-infant during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding
Symptoms of this disease include diarrhea and weight loss. Necropsies show swollen and discolored kidneys and there is evidence of death of the epithelial cells and lymphocytic interstitial nephritis. [4] Another extraintestinal avastrovirus is avian hepatitis virus which infects ducks. Hepatitis in ducks caused by this duck astrovirus (DAstV ...
Joining norovirus on a list nobody would want to be a part of is hepatitis A, which ranked second as the most viral. According to the report, it causes 14 million cases of foodborne illness a year ...
Aviadenoviruses are adenoviruses that affect birds—particularly chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pheasants.There are 15 species in this genus. Viruses in this genus cause specific disease syndromes such as Quail Bronchitis (QB), Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS), Haemorrhagic Enteritis (HE), Pheasant Marble Spleen Disease (MSD), and Inclusion Body Hepatitis (IBH).
A Hepatitis E-like virus has been isolated from a Swedish moose. [7] This virus is quite distinct from the other known Hepatitis E viruses. [3] In total, the genus has four recognized species: Orthohepevirus A, Orthohepevirus B, which was previously known as the avian hepatitis E virus, Orthohepevirus C, and Orthohepevirus D. [3]
A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region's huge penguin colonies. "This discovery ...