Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E is inflammation of the liver caused by infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV);[1][2] it is a type of viral hepatitis.[3]
Hepatitis E has mainly a fecal-oral transmission that is similar to hepatitis A, but the viruses are unrelated.[4][5][6]
The earliest known epidemic of hepatitis E happened in 1955 in New Delhi,[7] but the virus was not discovered until 1983, by Russian scientists investigating an outbreak in Afghanistan.[8]
One of five known human hepatitis viruses: hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.
References
- ↑ Hepatitis E: Background, Etiopathophysiology, Epidemiology. medscape.com (2019)Medscape.
- ↑ Kamar, Nassim. Hepatitis E Virus Infection. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 27 (1) (2014). p. 116–138. doi:10.1128/CMR.00057-13.
- ↑ Hepatitis (Viral) NIDDK. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ↑ What is hepatitis?. www.who.intWHO. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ Hepatitis E (in en). www.who.intWHO. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ Weston, Debbie. Infection Prevention and Control at a Glance (in en) (2016)John Wiley & Sons. p. 12. ISBN 9781118973554.
- ↑ Kumar, Subrat. Hepatitis E virus: the current scenario (in en). International Journal of Infectious Diseases 17 (4) (April 2013). p. e228–e233. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.026.
- ↑ Izopet, Jacques. Hepatitis E Virus Infection (in en). Clinical Microbiology Reviews 27 (1) (1 January 2014). p. 116–138. doi:10.1128/CMR.00057-13.
