Hepatitis E

Question 1

State the mean incubation period of HEV

Answer 1

40 days, 3-8 weeks

Question 2

State the symptoms of HEV

Answer 2

Subclinical or mild illness in women and young people with the most severe in elderly men. Liver failure, arthritis, anaemia and neurological manifestations

Question 3

Persistent HEV occurs in

Answer 3

The immunocompromised

Question 4

State the commonest form of acute viral hepatitis

Answer 4

HEV

Question 5

What type of virus is HEV

Answer 5

Henevirus, a small RNA virus

Question 6

State the serological tests for HEV

Answer 6

IgG and IgM and HEV-RNA

Question 7

State the treatment of HEV

Answer 7

No treatmetn

Question 8

State the treatment of HEV in the immunocompromised

Answer 8

Ribavirin monotherapy