The havoc that viruses wreak in personal health and civic life is completely out of proportion to their size. How can something so small — a microscopic bundle of protein and nucleic acids — be so ...
The hepatitis E virus affects the liver. But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the blood and may form complexes that can damage the filter structure of the ...
At present, there is no specific active substance against hepatitis E. As the disease kills 70,000 people every year, researchers are actively searching for one. A team may have found what they're ...
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and TWINCORE, the Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in ...
The hepatitis E virus affects the liver. But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the blood and may form complexes that can damage the filter structure of the ...
The liver doesn’t ask for much, but it does everything for you. It metabolizes nutrients, screens out poisons, synthesizes proteins, and aids in the digestion of your food. But when hepatitis ...
Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia. This wild animal is an important reservoir of the hepatitis E virus.