Abstract
A major breakthrough in HEV research was the successful development of an HEV vaccine (HEV-239) which has been licensed in China in early 2012. This vaccine showed a vaccine efficacy of 94-100% in preventing acute symptomatic cases of hepatitis E [5]. However, it still needs to be determined if HEV-239 is also effective in patients with chronic liver disease or subjects receiving immunosuppressive medications Hepatitis E virus infection: Multiple faces of an underestimated problem Sven Pischke, Heiner Wedemeyer* Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany *Corresponding author. Address: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany *E-mail address: wedemeyer.heiner@mh-hannover.de
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