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Hepatitis E: symptoms, transmission, prevention, treatment

The symptoms, means of transmission, best means of prevention and treatment of hepatitis E.

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UK Health Security Agency
Published:
1 June 2014
Last updated:
14 May 2020
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  1. Updated the number of hepatitis E cases for 2019.

  2. Added provisional data for January to March 2019.

  3. Updated the number of hepatitis E cases in 2017 and 2018.

  4. Added provisional data for January to September 2018.

  5. Added provisional data for January to June 2018.

  6. Updated 2017 figures.

  7. Updated number of cases for 2017.

  8. Updated provisional number of cases from January to September 2017.

  9. Updated number of SGSS reported cases for 2016 and provisional data for 2017.

  10. Updated number of cases reported through SGSS from 2010 to 2016, and added provisional number of cases for 2017.

  11. Updated number of cases for 2015 and 2016.

  12. Updated number of cases from 2012 to 2016.

  13. Updated number of cases from 2010 to 2016.

  14. Updated figures of hep E infections for 2015 and early 2016.

  15. Updated provisional number of cases to include December 2015.

  16. Updated provisional number of cases to include September 2015.

  17. Updated, including provisional figures up to June 2015.

  18. First published.

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This document explains hepatitis E, describing the:

  • symptoms
  • means of transmission
  • best means of prevention and treatment

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