Mondo Description Acute inflammation of the liver in humans; caused by hepatitis E virus, a non-enveloped single-stranded rna virus. Similar to hepatitis A, its incubation period is 15-60 days and is enterically transmitted, usually by fecal-oral transmission.

Disease Ontology Description A viral infectious disease that results_in inflammation located_in liver, has_material_basis_in Hepatitis E virus, which is transmitted_by ingestion of contaminated food. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom fatigue, has_symptom loss of appetite, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom vomiting, has_symptom abdominal pain, has_symptom clay-colored bowel movements, has_symptom dark urine, has_symptom joint pain, and has_symptom jaundice.