Wordtravels

Wordtravels

Travel Health Advice - Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E

What is it? A viral infection that follows a similar course to hepatitis A with no chronic phase. In pregnant women hepatitis E takes a much more severe form with a case-fatality rate reaching 20%. How is it transmitted? Contaminated drinking water. Where is it present? Worldwide. Level of risk? Proportional to water quality. What can I do to prevent getting it? Avoid contaminated water or food washed in unclean water. Treatment? Currently no effective treatment.


View information on diseases:

African Sleeping Sickness, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), Anthrax, Brucellosis, Cholera, Dengue Fever, Diphtheria, Giardiasis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis E, HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Influenza, Japanese encephalitis, Leishmaniasis, Leptospirosis (including Weil disease), Lyme disease, Malaria, Meningococcal disease, Plague, Rabies, SARS, Schistosomiasis (bilharzia), Swine flu, Tetanus, Tick-borne encephalitis, Tuberculosis, Typhoid fever, Typhus fever, Yellow fever


Copyright © 2013 Globe Media Ltd. All rights reserved. By its very nature much of the information in this travel guide is subject to change at short notice and travellers are urged to verify information on which they're relying with the relevant authorities. Globe Media cannot accept any responsibility for any loss or inconvenience to any person as a result of information contained above.
Copyright © 2013 Globe Media Ltd. All rights reserved. By its very nature much of the information in this travel guide is subject to change at short notice and travellers are urged to verify information on which they're relying with the relevant authorities. Globe Media cannot accept any responsibility for any loss or inconvenience to any person as a result of information contained above.