| AVH | Acute viral hepatitis |
| HEV | Hepatitis E virus |
| HAV | Hepatitis A virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| NANBH | non-A, non-B hepatitis |
| ET-NANBH | Enterically-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis |
| PT-NANBH | Parentally-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis |
| ENANBH | Epidemic non-A, non-B hepatitis |
| ALF | Acute liver failure |
| gt | genotype |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| CFR | Case fatality rate |
| DIC | Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| VLP | Virus like particles |