Hepatitis E: The new challenges of a peculiar viral hepatitis

Описание: Presented By:
Valentina Svicher
Romina Salpini

Speaker Biography:
Valentina Svicher is an Associate Professor of Virology at the Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata". She got a degree cum laude in Biological Sciences in 2001 and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in 2006. Her research interests and expertise are focused on mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and response to therapy in the setting of chronic viral infections with particular attention on hepatitis B and D virus. She is author of more than 90 full papers in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 250 papers presented at numerous National and International Conferences. She received several awards such as "GB Rossi" Scientific Prize 2009, "Readfiles" Scientific Award 2008 and the Scientific Award "Infection Lab 2016" for the best scientific publications or projects in the infectivology field. She collaborates with many nationally and internationally recognized scientific researchers through grants from the Italian National Institute of Health, the Ministry of University and Scientific Research, the European Community and Industrial Companies. She is member of the Board of the Scientific Society "European Society for Antiviral Research (ESAR); Member of the HCV Italian Resistance Network Study Group; Member of the European HepCare group; Member of the Italian Study Group on the treatment and prophylaxis of HBV in the haematological patients.
Romina Salpini is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Virology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. She got the degree cum laude in Medical Biotechnology in 2008 and the Medical Specialization in Microbiology and Virology cum laude in 2014. She also got the PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in 2020. She has a large experience in studies aimed at unravelling the role of viral genetic variability on viral pathogenicity and at determining the role of diagnostic viral markers in disease staging and in assessing the response to antiviral treatment, with a special focus on viral hepatitis. She is author of more than 60 full scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, and she has presented more than 200 research abstracts at numerous National and International Conferences in the last 10 years. She received several National and International awards such as “Best basic Oral Presentation” at the “International Liver Congress (ILC) 2019”, assigned by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), and Best Research abstract at the 11th Italian Conference on AIDS and Antiviral Research assigned by the Italian Society of Infectious Diseases and Best Poster Presentation at the 47th National Conference of the Italian Society of Microbiology.

Webinar:
Hepatitis E: The new challenges of a peculiar viral hepatitis

Webinar Abstract:
HEV, with over 3 million clinical cases, 70,000 deaths, and 3,000 stillbirths, mostly in Asia and Africa, causing 3.3 percent of all deaths from viral hepatitis worldwide.

HEV infection mostly affects persons living in resource-limited settings with poor access to clean water and sanitation and can be particularly severe in pregnant women and neonates. In particular, HEV is a significant contributor to global maternal mortality, with reported case-fatality rates of 20–30%. In high-income countries, HEV represents a growing concern particularly in immunocompromised individuals and in patients with chronic liver disease, that are at high risk for the severe disease after HEV infection.

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