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==Overview==


==Natural History==
==Natural History==
The incubation period following exposure to HEV ranges from 3 to 8 weeks, with a mean of 40 days. The period of communicability is unknown. There are no chronic infections reported.
Hepatitis E virus causes acute sporadic and epidemic viral hepatitis. Symptomatic HEV infection is most common in young adults aged 15-40 years. Although HEV infection is frequent in children, it is mostly asymptomatic or causes a very mild illness without jaundice (anicteric) that goes undiagnosed.


==Complications==
==Complications==
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==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
Prognosis mostly is good with only few patients developing [[chronic hepatitis]]. Hepatitis E usually resolves on its own over several weeks to months.
In most immunocompetent patients hepatitis E is self-limited most of the times, thereby having a good prognosis. Immunocompromised patients, and those with end-stage liver disease are at higher risk of developing chronic hepatitis and other complications. These patients have a poor prognosis.


==Sources==
[http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs280/en/ WHO]
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

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In most immunocompetent patients hepatitis E is self-limited most of the times, thereby having a good prognosis. Immunocompromised patients, and those with end-stage liver disease are at higher risk of developing chronic hepatitis and other complications. These patients have a poor prognosis.

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