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Descriptor English: Hepatitis E virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus de la Hepatitis E
Descriptor virus de la hepatitis E
Scope note: Especie de virus ARN con cadena codificadora, sin género asignado, los virus de la hepatitis tipo E, que causa una hepatitis no A, no B, transmitida entéricamente (HEPATITIS E).
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus da Hepatite E
Descriptor French: Virus de l'hépatite E
Tree number(s): B04.450.412
B04.820.578.407.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016752
Scope note: A positive-stranded RNA virus species in the genus HEPEVIRUS, causing enterically-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis (HEPATITIS E).
Annotation: infection = HEPATITIS E
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Hepatitis Viruses (1990-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30053
Unique ID: D016752
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/06/21
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Hepatitis E virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0025509
Scope note A positive-stranded RNA virus species in the genus HEPEVIRUS, causing enterically-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis (HEPATITIS E).
Preferred term Hepatitis E virus



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