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(reply to Anonymous)

Hi Anon,

You are absolutely right. Hepatitis E although mainly found in countries with poor sanitary conditions, can be found anywhere.

HEV is transmitted via the faecal-oral route. Hepatitis E is a waterborne disease, and contaminated water or food supplies have been implicated in major outbreaks. Consumption of faecally contaminated drinking water has given rise to epidemics, and the ingestion of raw or uncooked shellfish has been the source of sporadic cases in endemic areas. There is a possibility of zoonotic spread of the virus, since several non-human primates, pigs, cows, sheep, goats and rodents are susceptible to infection.

-Rosa

September 8, 2011 - 9:56am

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