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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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]

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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