title: [Study progress on hepatitis E].
abstract: 10%-20% of acute clinical sporatic hepatitis is hepatitis E (HE). HE has a severe diaease low mortality in general population of about 0.5-1.5%. It has been reported as severe disease and the mortality increased to 20% in pregnant women and old people. China is high-epidemic for hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV is mainly transmitted through faecal-oral route, data also showed that HEV could be transferred through blood donation. The epidemiology, diagnostics and vaccine development of HE is reviewed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
chemical_list: D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines