Hepatitis E
From contaminated water or undercooked pork, usually undiagnosed, second least common hepatitis virus after HDV. RNA virus causing acute hepatitis, severe in pregnancy with 20-30% maternal mortality.
Key facts
| Cause | Virus |
|---|---|
| Spread | Fecal-oral/Polluted water/Undercooked meat |
| Incubation | 14–70 days |
| Vaccine | Yes (limited) |
| Treatment | Antivirals (Ribavirin, immunocompromised) |
Did you know?
Hepatitis E demonstrates "genotype-specific pathogenicity" - genotype 1 and 2 cause epidemic disease in humans, genotype 3 and 4 are zoonotic and cause chronic infection in immunocompromised hosts, while newer genotypes are still being discovered in various animals.
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