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Preferred term

Hepatitis E  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

Entry terms

  • Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
  • Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
  • ET-NANBH
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted
  • Hepatitis, Water-Borne

In other languages

  • French

  • Hépatite épidémique non-A non-B
  • Hépatite non-A non-B transmise par voie entérale
  • Hépatite virale E

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KX3341N3-G

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