"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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis E" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic susceptibility to hepatitis E viral infection: An enigmatic virus gives up a secret. Hepatology. 2015 Nov; 62(5):1337-8.
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Prevalence and clinical consequences of Hepatitis E in patients who underwent liver transplantation for chronic Hepatitis C in the United States. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 02; 15:371.
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Reply: To PMID 24824965. Hepatology. 2015 Apr; 61(4):1442-3.
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Current epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in the United States: low seroprevalence in the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey. Hepatology. 2014 Sep; 60(3):815-22.
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A cross-sectional study of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs in different-sized farms in northern Thailand. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2013 Aug; 10(8):698-704.
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Hepatitis E virus infection in a liver transplant recipient in the United States: a case report. Transplant Proc. 2013 Mar; 45(2):810-3.
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A cross-sectional study of hepatitis E virus infection in healthy people directly exposed and unexposed to pigs in a rural community in northern Thailand. Zoonoses Public Health. 2013 Dec; 60(8):555-62.
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Hepatitis E seroprevalence and seroconversion among US military service members deployed to Afghanistan. J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 01; 202(9):1302-8.
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Diagnosis of acute hepatitis E infection utilizing enzyme immunoassay. Dig Dis Sci. 1994 Aug; 39(8):1691-3.