Hepatitis E virus infection in the liver transplant recipients: Clinical presentation and management

Table 1 Hepatitis E virus genotypic characteristics

Characteristics	Genotype 1	Genotype 2	Genotype 3	Genotype 4
Geographic location	Africa and Asia	Mexico and West Africa	Developed countries	China, Taiwan, Japan
Transmission	Water-borne, fecal oral, person to person	Water-borne, fecal oral, person to person	Food-borne	Food-borne
Group at high risk for infection	Young adults	Young adults	Older adults (> 40 yr) and males. Immuno-compromised persons	Young adults
Zoonotic transmission	No	No	Yes	Yes
Chronic infection	No	No	Yes	Yes
Occurrence of outbreaks	Common	Smaller scale outbreaks	Uncommon	Uncommon

Adapted from centers of disease control and prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hev/hevfaq.htm).