 Hepatitis E
"Hepatitis E" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016751
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.440.470 C02.782.455 C06.552.380.705.470
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepatitis E- Hepatitis E
- Hepatitis, Water-Borne
- Hepatitides, Water-Borne
- Hepatitis, Water Borne
- Water-Borne Hepatitides
- Water-Borne Hepatitis
- ET-NANBH
- Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted
- Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
- Enterically Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis
- Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
- Epidemic Non A, Non B Hepatitis
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis E" by people in Profiles.
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Xu C, Wang RY, Schechterly CA, Ge S, Shih JW, Xia NS, Luban NL, Alter HJ. An assessment of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in US blood donors and recipients: no detectable HEV RNA in 1939 donors tested and no evidence for HEV transmission to 362 prospectively followed recipients. Transfusion. 2013 Oct; 53(10 Pt 2):2505-11.
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