DISEASE: Hepatitis A

Entry

H00411                      Disease

Name

Hepatitis A;
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection

Supergrp

Viral hepatitis [DS:H02162]
Fulminant hepatic failure [DS:H01712]

Description

Hepatitis A is an infectious disease caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), also called hepatovirus A, belonging to the Picornaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses. HAV can be transmitted through contaminated food and water. Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A does not become chronic.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
  Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
   H00411  Hepatitis A
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Viral hepatitis
   1E50  Acute viral hepatitis
    H00411  Hepatitis A

Pathogen

Hepatovirus A [GN:T40068]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1E50.0

ICD-10:

B15

MeSH:

D006506

MedlinePlus:

000278

Reference

PMID:8182265

Authors

Shapiro CN, Margolis HS

Title

Worldwide epidemiology of hepatitis A virus infection.

Journal

J Hepatol 18 Suppl 2:S11-4 (1993)
DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(05)80371-X

Reference

PMID:22008459

Authors

Mohd Hanafiah K, Jacobsen KH, Wiersma ST

Title

Challenges to mapping the health risk of hepatitis A virus infection.

Journal

Int J Health Geogr 10:57 (2011)
DOI:10.1186/1476-072X-10-57

Reference

PMID:8882375

Authors

Strader DB, Seeff LB

Title

New hepatitis A vaccines and their role in prevention.

Journal

Drugs 51:359-66 (1996)
DOI:10.2165/00003495-199651030-00002

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