Hepatitis E

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
Definition:
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.
Synonyms:
  • 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
  • Hepatitides, Water-Borne
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted
  • Hepatitis, Water Borne
  • Hepatitis, Water-Borne
  • Water-Borne Hepatitides
  • Water-Borne Hepatitis
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