Hepatitis E Transmission
Way of transmission
Just like hepatitis A virus, hepatitis E is transmitted trough contact with contaminated stool (the virus being usually found in stools of persons and animals with hepatitis E). The hepatitis E virus is easily transmitted from stool to food or water, and by swallowing, to your body. Transmission from person to person occurs less commonly than with hepatitis A virus.
The most common ways of transmitting the hepatitis E are:
- swallowing food or water that has been in contact with infected stool;
- not washing hands properly after using the toilet;
- handling eating/drinking utensils used by an infected person;