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Hepatitis E: guidance, data and analysis

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) usually produces mild disease but in rare cases it can prove fatal, particularly in pregnant women.

Hepatitis E is an illness of the liver caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV), a virus which can infect both animals and humans.

HEV infection usually produces a mild disease, hepatitis E. However, disease symptoms can vary from no apparent symptoms to liver failure, and in rare cases, it can prove fatal, particularly in pregnant women.

In individuals with suppressed immune systems, the virus can cause persistent infection which can lead to chronic inflammation of the liver.

See British Liver Trust for more information.

Diagnosis

Management

Epidemiology

Microbiological and epidemiological data and reports published in the weekly Health Protection Report (HPR).

For 2014 and earlier reports, see the HPR archive.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 23 March 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Sentinel surveillance of blood borne virus testing in England 2019'.

  2. First published.