The etiologic agent of hepatitis type E is a single-strand RNA virus temporally classified as Hepevirus, of the Caliciviridae family, non-A, non-B, with a diameter of 27–38 nm. Hepatitis type E is also known as enterically transmitted non-A non-B hepatitis. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes an acute, self-limited hepatitis associated with high mortality in [...]