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Hepatitis E is inflammation of the liver caused by infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV); [4][5] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [6] Hepatitis E has mainly a fecal-oral transmission route that is similar to hepatitis A, although the viruses are unrelated. [7][8][9] HEV is a positive-sense, single-stranded, nonenveloped, RNA icosahedral ...
Species: Orthohepevirus A. Synonyms [1] Hepatitis E virus. The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of hepatitis E. It is of the species Orthohepevirus A.[a][2][1] Globally, approximately 939 million corresponding to 1 in 8 individuals have ever experienced HEV infection. About 15–110 million individuals have recent or ongoing HEV ...
Autoimmune hepatitis, formerly known as lupoid hepatitis, plasma cell hepatitis, or autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the liver that occurs when the body's immune system attacks liver cells, causing the liver to be inflamed. Common initial symptoms may include fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, or weight loss ...
Seroconversion. In immunology, seroconversion is the development of specific antibodies in the blood serum as a result of infection or immunization, including vaccination. [1][2] During infection or immunization, antigens enter the blood, and the immune system begins to produce antibodies in response.
Estimates of the rate of HCV vertical transmission range from 2–8%; a 2014 systematic review and meta-analysis found the risk to be 5.8% in HCV-positive, HIV-negative women. [87] [173] The same study found the risk of vertical transmission to be 10.8% in HCV-positive, HIV-positive women. [173]
Hepevirus [1] Hepatitis E-like viruses [2] Orthohepevirus is a genus of viruses assigned to the family Hepeviridae. [3] Orthohepevirus is a fairly isolated viral genus in which the virions are characterized by round, non-enveloped and isometric capsids with a diameter of 27–34 nm. The hepatitis E virus belongs this genus as the species ...
Infectious diseases, gastroenterology. Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection. [1][2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Acute hepatitis B; Acute hepatitis C; Acute hepatitis D – this is a superinfection with the delta-agent in a patient already infected with hepatitis B; Acute hepatitis E; Chronic viral hepatitis; Other viral hepatitis viruses may exist but their relation to the disease is not firmly established like the previous ones (hepatitis F, GB virus C ...