According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Hepatitis
E is a general term meaning inflammation of the liver and it can be caused by a
variety of different viruses. Hepatitis E (HEV) is caused by an infection, a
non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus; it is transmitted via
the fecal-oral route. According a study published in the April issue of Hepatology, it is estimated that 20.1
million people in 9 regions of Africa and Asia are infected with this virus. The
large outbreaks are common in developing countries with contaminated water. The
pattern of HEV infection was consistent across the regions, with the largest
incident increase among young aged people from 5-20 years, this has also led to
a 8.1% of deaths among the same age group.
There have been studies showing that the study with the
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, that to
be able to work on the task at hand is to first attempt to estimate the annual
global impact of the virus. I believe that this particular approach would be
good, this will be a better way to be able to distribute a vaccine—it is known
that the vaccine does in fact exist, just hasn’t been implemented a good as it
should. Possibly, the vaccine should be a requirement for when babies are first
born since it is known that they are at the highest risk. But it shouldn’t just
stop at supplying the vaccine, there must be a way to get the people more
involved to make sure that this virus doesn’t come back; a way to do this is
helping with a system that provides cleaner water, educating the community on
how to not use the same water that is used to clean their bodies with or not
use as a bathroom source; by also finding the mode of transmission would be key
in making sure the epidemic is under control.
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