Non‐ABCDE hepatitis: IS there another enterically transmitted hepatitis virus?
Eric E. Mast, Michael A. Purdy – 1 January 1995 – Many epidemics of water‐borne hepatitis have occurred throughout India. These were thought to be epidemics of hepatitis A until 1980, when evidence for an enterically transmitted non‐A, non‐B hepatitis was first reported. Subsequently, hepatitis E virus was discovered and most recent epidemics of enterically transmitted non‐A, non‐B hepatitis have been attributed to hepatitis E virus infection. However, only a limited number of cases have been confirmed by immuno electron microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, or seroconversion.