• Epidemiological survey and risk factors associated with hepatitis E virus in small ruminants in southern Spain 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Cano Terriza, David; Risalde, M.A.; López-López, Pedro; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      Autochthonous cases of hepatitis E (HE) associated with zoonotic genotypes HEV-3 and HEV-4 have significantly increased in industrialized countries over the last decade. Suidae are generally recognized as the main reservoirs ...
    • Hepatitis E virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Zorrilla, Irene; López, Guillermo; Nájera, Fernando; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Ruiz-Rubio, Carmen; Salcedo, Javier; Rivero, Antonio; Paniagua, Jorge; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is considered the main wildlife reservoir of HEV. This wild ungulate shares habitat and resources with ...
    • Monitoring of Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Lagomorphs in Spanish Mediterranean Ecosystems 

      Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Cano Terriza, David; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Rivero, Antonio; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2023)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. Even though swine species are considered the main host of the zoonotic HEV-3 genotype, rabbits are recognized as the main reservoir of the divergent HEV-3ra ...
    • Monitoring of hepatitis E virus in zoo animals from Spain, 2007–2021 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Cano Terriza, David; Beato-Benítez, Adrián; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Martínez, J.; Guerra, R.; Martínez-Valverde, Rosa; Martínez-Nevado, Eva; Quevedo-Muñoz, Miguel Ángel; Sierra-Arqueros, Cecilia; Planas, Javier; Castro-García, Noelia de; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV, family Hepeviridae) is an important emerging and zoonotic pathogen. In recent decades, the number of human cases of zoonotic hepatitis E has increased considerably in industrialized countries and ...
    • Presence of hepatitis E virus in testis of naturally infected wild boars 

      Risalde, M.A.; Frías Casas, Mario; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; López-López, Pedro; Fast, Christine; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Agulló-Ros, Irene; Eiden, Martin; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Gómez-Villamandos, J.C.; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main cause of viral acute hepatitis in the world, affecting more than 20 million people annually. During the acute phase of infection, HEV can be detected in various body fluids, which ...
    • Seroreversion of IgG anti-HEV in HIV cirrhotic patients: A long-term multi-sampling longitudinal study 

      López-López, Pedro; Frias, Mario; Camacho, Ángela; Machuca Sánchez, Isabel; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Risalde, M.A.; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Pérez-Valero, Ignacio; Gómez, J.C.; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      The aim of our study was to evaluate HEV antibody kinetics in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with cirrhosis. A longitudinal retrospective study was designed. Patients were followed up every 6 months; anti-HEV IgG and IgM ...