戊型肝炎流行病学研究进展

戊型肝炎是一种经粪-口途径传播的急性病毒性肝炎,可经水、食物等途径传播引起散发或暴发流行,发病以青壮年为主,孕妇易发生急性肝功能衰竭导致死亡率较高,已成为全球性重要公共卫生问题之一。本文对戊型肝炎的流行特征、传染源、传播途径、人群易感性的研究进展和存在的问题进行综述。

Research progress in epidemiology of hepatitis E

Hepatitis E （HE） is one of the common cause of acute, fecally transmitted hepatitis in many developing countries with high incidence in young adults, and high mortality in pregnant women, which causes waterborne or food-borne infection and occurs sporadically or as epidemic outbreaks. HE becomes one o{ the major problem of global public health. This article wilt review the epidemiological progress of HE, such as character of distribution, reservoir of infection, route of transmission, population susceptibility and related issues.