Hepatitis E

**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.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.925.440.470 - C01.925.782.455 - C06.552.380.705.470

**Synonyms:** - Hepatitis, Water-Borne - Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis - Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis - ET-NANBH - Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted