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Hepatitis E: Epidemiology, Clinical Course, Prevention, and Treatment.
Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2020
Goel Amit, Aggarwal Rakesh
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Hepatitis E virus is a common cause of acute hepatitis and acute liver failure in resource-constrained parts of the world. The disease is particularly severe when the infection occurs during pregnancy. In developed countries, human infections occur primarily through zoonotic transmission from animal reservoirs; however, clinical disease is less frequent than in the developing world. The virus strains prevalent in...
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