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| | #REDIRECT[[Hepatitis E Virus]] |
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| | name = ''Hepatitis E virus''
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| | image = Hepatitis E virus.jpg
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| | image_caption = [[Transmission electron microscopy|TEM]] [[micrograph]] of hepatitis E virions.
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| | virus_group = iv
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| | familia = ''[[Hepeviridae]]''
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| | genus = ''[[Hepevirus]]''
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| | species = '''''Hepatitis E virus'''''
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| {{Hepatitis E}}
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| {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{JS}} {{JM}}
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| ==Overview==
| | [[Category:Emergency mdicine]] |
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| ==Taxonomy==
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| [[Virus]]es; ssRNA viruses; ssRNA positive-strand viruses; [[Hepeviridae]]; [[Hepevirus]]<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web | title = Hepatitis E virus taxonomy | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=12461 }}</ref> | |
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| ==Biology==
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| The viral particles are 27 to 34 [[nanometer]]s in diameter, are non-enveloped and contain a single-strand of positive-sense [[RNA]] that is approximately 7300 bases in length. The virus particle was first visualised in 1983<ref>{{cite journal |author=Balayan MS, Andjaparidze AG, Savinskaya SS, ''et al'' |title=Evidence for a virus in non-A, non-B hepatitis transmitted via the fecal-oral route |journal=Intervirology |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=23-31 |year=1983 |pmid=6409836 |doi=}}</ref> but was only molecularly cloned in 1990.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reyes GR, Purdy MA, Kim JP, ''et al'' |title=Isolation of a cDNA from the virus responsible for enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis |journal=Science |volume=247 |issue=4948 |pages=1335-9 |year=1990 |pmid=2107574 |doi=10.1126/science.2107574}}</ref>
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| It was previously classified family [[Caliciviridae]]. However, its [[genome]] more closely resembles the [[rubella|rubella virus]]. It is now classified in a new virus family, named as Hepeviridae.
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| *Caused by the Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
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| *HEV is found in the stool (feces) of persons and animals with hepatitis E.
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| *HEV is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water.
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| *Transmission from person to person occurs less commonly than with hepatitis A virus
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| *Most outbreaks in developing countries have been associated with contaminated drinking water. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/e/fact.htm]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|2}}
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| [[Category:Hepatitis|E]] | |
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| [[Category:Infectious disease]] | | [[Category:Infectious disease]] |
| | [[Category:Hepatology]] |
| [[Category:Gastroenterology]] | | [[Category:Gastroenterology]] |
| [[Category:Needs overview]]
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