Hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The infection usually resolves within weeks but sometimes it causes acute liver failure which may be fatal. It is mostly spread through the faecal-oral route and until recently was viewed as an infection primarily affecting people in undeveloped areas who lack access to clean water and good sanitation. Unfortunately this infection is not as widely reported as hepatitis A B and C. But thankfully this is starting to change now. Scientists have now started recognizing hepatitis E as only a disease of the poor to
