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MeSH Heading: Hepatitis E
Tree Number(s): C01.925.440.470; C01.925.782.455; C06.552.380.705.470
Unique ID: D016751
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016751
Scope Note: Acute INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans; caused by HEPATITIS E VIRUS, a non-enveloped single-stranded RNA virus. Similar to HEPATITIS A, its incubation period is 15-60 days and is enterically transmitted, usually by fecal-oral transmission.
Entry Term(s): ET-NANBH; Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis; Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted; Hepatitis, Water-Borne
NLM Classification #: WC 536
Previous Indexing: Hepatitis, Viral, Human (1990-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/04/29
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025508
Scope Note: Acute INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans; caused by HEPATITIS E VIRUS, a non-enveloped single-stranded RNA virus. Similar to HEPATITIS A, its incubation period is 15-60 days and is enterically transmitted, usually by fecal-oral transmission.
Terms: Hepatitis E Preferred Term
Term UI T050222
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Hepatitis, Water-Borne
Term UI T050224
Date01/16/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Enterically-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
Term UI T050219
Date01/16/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
Term UI T050220
Date01/16/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); ET-NANBH
Term UI T050221
Date02/01/1991
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Enterically-Transmitted
Term UI T050223
Date01/16/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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