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Hepatitis E is "acute inflammation of the liver in humans; caused by Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), 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.[1]

In the United States of America, 21% of participants may be HEV seropositive. Risk factors, none being strong risk factors, for being positive are:[2]

  • Male sex
  • Non-Hispanic whites
  • Owning a pet
  • Consuming liver or other organ meats more than once per month
  • Midwest residence
  • Metropolitan residence

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  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Hepatitis E (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Kuniholm MH, Purcell RH, McQuillan GM, Engle RE, Wasley A, Nelson KE (July 2009). "Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in the United States: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994". J. Infect. Dis. 200 (1): 48–56. DOI:10.1086/599319. PMID 19473098. Research Blogging.

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