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Clinical:Hepatitis E
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Hepatitis E is "acute inflammation of the liver in humans; caused by Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), 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.[1]
In the United States, 21% of the population was HEV seropositive in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Risk factors are:[2]
- Non-Hispanic whites
- Owning a pet
- Consuming liver or other organ meats more than once per month
- Midwest residence
- Metropolitan residence
References
- ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Hepatitis E (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Kuniholm, Mark H et. al. "Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in the United States: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994." The Journal of infectious diseases 200 (2009): 48-56 - Abstract
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