Traveller vaccination hepatitis E

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Template:Traveller vaccination hepatitis E Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]

Overview

Disease cause

Hepatitis E virus (HEV). It has four known genotypes that infect mammalian hosts (genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4).

Transmission

Nature of the disease

Geographical distribution

Risk for travellers

Vaccine

Summary of vaccine data