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Who Discovered Hepatitis E. Hepatitis E is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis E virus HEV. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. It is spread when someone unknowingly ingests the virus even in microscopic amounts. Sporadic non-travel-related cases of hepatitis E have been identified in the United States.
A virus is a microscopic particle that needs to get inside living cells in order to reproduce spread. Hepatitis E sometimes called hep E or HEV is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis E virus. It is spread when someone unknowingly ingests the virus even in microscopic amounts. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Several years into their search Choo and Houghton had screened tens of millions of genetic sequences but found no hint of the elusive virus. Harvey Alter Charles Rice and Michael Houghton left to right won the 2020 Nobel prize in medicine for their research on the hepatitis C virus.
Sporadic cases of hepatitis E in developed countries including the United States are primarily caused by HEV genotype 3 and largely affect older men those 40 years of age.
Hepatitis E virus HEV was discovered during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s after an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis at a military camp. A pooled faecal extract from affected soldiers was ingested by a member of the research team. A pooled faecal extract from affected soldiers was ingested by a member of the research team. Feinstone the biological scientist. It is spread when someone unknowingly ingests the virus even in microscopic amounts. Harvey Alter Charles Rice and Michael Houghton left to right won the 2020 Nobel prize in medicine for their research on the hepatitis C virus.