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Hepatit E
Sign in to saveAlso known as hepatitis type E
an inflammation of the liver caused by infection with the hepatitis E virus
Key facts
- Specialty
- Infectious disease , Hepatology
- Symptoms
- Nausea, jaundice
- Complications
- Liver failure
- Causes
- Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
- Diagnostic method
- Blood test
- Differential diagnosis
- Hepatitis A
- Treatment
- Rest, ribavirin (if chronic)
- Frequency
- 28 million worldwide (2013)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Hepatitis E virus.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 44000
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- disease transmission process
- fecal–oral route
- health specialty
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- has cause
- hepatitis E virus
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4411
- Commons category
- Hepatitis E
- number of cases
- 3300000
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ribavirin
- symptoms and signs
- hepatomegaly
- medical examination
- ELISA
- possible treatment
- Q4532072
- facet of
- women's health
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