Which are true of Hepatitis E virus?
A. It is a 34nm single stranded RNA virus.B. It is more common in IV drug abusers
C. It is the most common cause of epidemic Hepatitis in children
D. Will cause 10% of patients to develop chronic hepatitis
Ans.
A. It is a 34nm single stranded RNA virus.
A distinct type of waterborne “non-A,
non-B” hepatitis has been identified in India, Asia, Africa, and Central
America previously labeled epidemic or enterically transmitted non-A, non-B
hepatitis. . This agent, with epidemiologic features resembling those of
hepatitis A, has been classified as hepatitis E virus HEV. . Hepatitis E virus
is a 32- to 34-nm, nonenveloped, HAV-like virus with a 7600-nucleotide,
single-stranded RNA genome. It is the most common cause of epidemic Hepatitis
in India but the most common cause of epidemic Hepatitis in children is
Hepatitis A.
