Hepatitis E

Acute INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans; caused by HEPATITIS E VIRUS, a non-enveloped single-stranded RNA virus. Similar to HEPATITIS A, its incubation period is 15-60 days and is enterically transmitted, usually by fecal-oral transmission.

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): C01.925.440.470, C01.925.782.455, C06.552.380.705.470

MeSH Unique ID: D016751

Entry Terms:

• Hepatitis, Water-Borne
• Hepatitides, Water-Borne
• Hepatitis, Water Borne
• Water-Borne Hepatitides
• Water-Borne Hepatitis
• Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
• Enterically Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis
• Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
• Epidemic Non A, Non B Hepatitis
• ET-NANBH
• Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted

Previous Indexing:

• Hepatitis, Viral, Human (1990-1991)

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Digestive System Diseases
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