E型肝炎(簡稱E肝)是一種E型肝炎病毒(英语:Hepatitis E virus)感染所造成的肝臟發炎疾病[3]。目前已知的人類肝炎病毒有五種:A型、B型、C型、D型和E型,E型肝炎病毒是一種鏈、單股、無封套、呈二十面體的RNA病毒,主要藉由糞口傳染[4][5]。此種病毒感染最早的紀錄為1955年印度新德里爆發的流行[6]。目前已有一種預防性疫苗(HEV 239)在中國核准使用[7]。
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