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Modes of HEV Transmission<br />

Fecal-oral, Food-borne<br />

Contaminated water<br />

undercooked meat/<br />

Shellfish /vegetables<br />

Vertical or Perinatal<br />

transmission<br />

Limited data<br />

Perinatal morbidity and mortality<br />

TRANSMISSION<br />

Blood-borne<br />

In UK, 225,000 blood donations,<br />

79 HEV G-3 RNA +ve<br />

Breast milk??<br />

HEV isolated in breast milk<br />

during acute HEV(case report)<br />

Hewitt PE, et al. Lancet 2014; 384:1766.Khuroo MS,et al. Lancet 1995; 345:1025. Kumar RM, et al. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001; 100:9.<br />

Romanò L, et al. J Hepatol 2011; 54:34. Ijaz S, et al. J Infect Dis 2005; 192:1166.<br />

Arankalle VA, et al. J Hepatol 2002; 36:417. Rutjes SA, et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2009; 15:381.

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