›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 209-212.

• 疾病防治 • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Recent Advances in Hepatitis E Virus

QU Li-chun   

  1. Jixi University, Jixi 158100, China
  • Received:2011-09-05 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2012-05-20 Published:2012-05-20

Abstract: Hepatitis E virus is a kind of RNA virus, mainly causes the acute infectious hepatitis, this virus not only may infect the human, but many kinds of animals also have the possibility to be used as its natural host. This article from the etiology, the epidemiology, the detection method and its vaccine development several aspects carries on the summary.

Key words: hepatitis E virus; etiology; epidemiology; vaccine

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