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Abstract
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.
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- ET-NANBH
- Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
- Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
- Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted
- Hepatitis, Water-Borne
- Enterically Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis
- Epidemic Non A, Non B Hepatitis
- Hepatitides, Water-Borne
- Hepatitis, Water Borne
- Water-Borne Hepatitides
- Water-Borne Hepatitis
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Hepatitis, Viral, Human (1990-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hepatitis E. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016751. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016751
- Hepatitis E. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_E
- Hepatitis E. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326643