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==Overview==
==Overview==
'''Hepatitis E''' is an [[Acute (medical)|acute]] viral [[hepatitis]] (liver inflammation) caused by [[infection]] with a [[virus]] called '''hepatitis E virus''' ('''HEV'''). Infection with this virus was first documented in 1955 during an outbreak in New Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gupta DN, Smetana HF |title=The histopathology of viral hepatitis as seen in the Delhi epidemic (1955-56) |journal=Indian J. Med. Res. |volume=45 |issue=Suppl. |pages=101-13 |year=1957 |pmid=13438544 |doi=}}</ref> [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/e/index.htm]
'''Hepatitis E''' is an [[Acute (medical)|acute]] viral [[hepatitis]] (liver inflammation) caused by [[infection]] with a [[virus]] called '''hepatitis E virus''' ('''HEV'''). Infection with this virus was first documented in 1955 during an outbreak in New Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gupta DN, Smetana HF |title=The histopathology of viral hepatitis as seen in the Delhi epidemic (1955-56) |journal=Indian J. Med. Res. |volume=45 |issue=Suppl. |pages=101-13 |year=1957 |pmid=13438544 |doi=}}</ref> [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/e/index.htm]
==Overview==
==Historical Perspective==
==Pathophysiology==
==Causes==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Risk Factors==
==Screening==
==Differentiating Hepatitis E from other Diseases==
==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis==
==History and Symptoms==
==Physical Examination==
==Laboratory Findings==
==Medical Therapy==
==Prevention==
==Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy==
==Future or Investigational Therapies==


==References==
==References==
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Overview

Hepatitis E is an acute viral hepatitis (liver inflammation) caused by infection with a virus called hepatitis E virus (HEV). Infection with this virus was first documented in 1955 during an outbreak in New Delhi, India.[1] [2]

Overview

Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

Causes

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Screening

Differentiating Hepatitis E from other Diseases

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

History and Symptoms

Physical Examination

Laboratory Findings

Medical Therapy

Prevention

Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy

Future or Investigational Therapies

References

  1. Gupta DN, Smetana HF (1957). "The histopathology of viral hepatitis as seen in the Delhi epidemic (1955-56)". Indian J. Med. Res. 45 (Suppl.): 101–13. PMID 13438544.

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