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Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E is a contagious virus that causes acute (non-chronic)
hepatitis.
It is spread via the Fecal-oral route, typically by contamination of
water supplies.
It consists of a single strand of non-enveloped RNA, about 33
nanometers in length. It is currently classified as a Caliciviridae.
However, genomically, it more closely resembles the rubella virus and
may in the future be reclassified.
Clinically, hepatitis E is comparable to hepatitis A, but in pregnant
women the course can be fulminant.
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