Definition: 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.
Other names Hepatitis, Water-Borne; Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transm; Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis; Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis; Water-Borne Hepatitis; Water-Borne Hepatitides; Hepatitis, Water Borne; Hepatitides, Water-Borne; Epidemic Non A, Non B Hepatitis; Enterically Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis; ET-NANBH