Hepatitis E Virus

Dr. Youchun Wang used to be Chief Scientist, deputy director of National Institutes for Food and Drug Control. His current position is professor and executive director of Institute of Medical Biology, which locates at Kunming, Yunnan Province and is affiliated to Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College. He has also held several positions in academic associations, including as the Former Chairman of the Medical Virology, Vice Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology in the Chinese Medical Association, Former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Laboratory Animal Association, Former Chairman of Beijing Medical Virology, and Chairman of Vaccine committee of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. He has worked on medical viruses including hepatitis viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, human papillomavirus, and emerging viruses. He has published more than 320 academic papers as the first or corresponding author, more than 150 of which were published in Science Citation Index journals.

• Chapter 1 Hepatitis E Virus.- Chapter 2 Characteristics and Functions of HEV Proteins.- Chapter 3 Epidemiology of Hepatitis E.- Chapter 4 Hepatitis E as a Zoonosis.- Chapter 5 Genetic Evolution of Hepatitis E Virus.- Chapter 6 Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus.- Chapter 7 Immunobiology and Host Response to HEV.- Chapter 8 Cell Culture for hepatitis E virus.- Chapter 9 Stem Cell and organoid culture for hepatitis E virus.- Chapter 10 Lifecycle of hepatitis E Virus.- Chapter 11 Morphogenesis of Hepatitis E Virus.-  Chapter 12 Animal Models for Hepatitis E Virus.- Chapter 13 Clinical Manifestations of Hepatitis E.- Chapter 14 Laboratory Diagnosis of HEV Infection.- Chapter 15 Treatment of Hepatitis E.- Chapter 16 Prophylactic Hepatitis E Vaccine.- Chapter 17 Puzzles for hepatitis E virus.