Article
Global epidemiology and medical aspects of hepatitis E.
Forum (Genoa, Italy) - 1 Jan 2000
Krawczynski K, Kamili S, Aggarwal R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E is a self-limited enterically transmitted acute viral hepatitis that occurs frequently in epidemic outbreaks and as sporadic hepatitis in the Indian sub-continent, Southeast and Central Asia, the Middle East, parts of Africa, and Mexico. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is excreted in faeces and is transmitted predominantly by the faecal-oral route, usually through contaminated water. The reservoir of the...
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