Chandak Sachet, Mandot Ameet, Rathi Shyam
Senior Resident in Gastroenterology,Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Consulltant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2018 Jun;66(6):97-98.
Hepatitis E is an enterically transmitted and typically self-limited infection, that is caused by the hepatitis E virus. Hepatitis E viral infection has traditionally been considered an acute. Chronic hepatitis E is rare and occurs mainly in immunosuppressed individuals such as transplant recipients, HIV patients with low CD4 count and in patients with hematological malignancies receiving chemotherapy.
戊型肝炎是一种经肠道传播的、通常为自限性的感染，由戊型肝炎病毒引起。传统上，戊型肝炎病毒感染被认为是急性感染。慢性戊型肝炎较为罕见，主要发生在免疫抑制个体中，如移植受者、CD4计数低的HIV患者以及接受化疗的血液系统恶性肿瘤患者。
