(2018) Fact Sheet Hepatitis E: General Information, August 26, 2018. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Hepatitis E (HEV) is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Hepatitis E, however, does not occur often in the United States. Mostly people who travel to developing countries that have inadequate environmental sanitation. HEV is transmitted primarily by the fecal-oral route. Fecally contaminated drinking water is the most commonly documented method of transmission.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Hepatitis E, Healthcare, Public Health |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Diseases Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 32097 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 29 Apr 2020 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2020 13:42 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/32097 |