Chinese Journal of Vaccines and Immunization 2008;0(04):-

Study Progress on Hepatitis E

Ting WU ; Lang JIANG

Keywords

Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Diagnostic regents; Vaccine; Clinical trial

Country

China

Language

Chinese

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 faecaloral 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.