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| [[Hepatitis A virus|HAV]] || ssRNA || fecal-oral || -
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|[[Hepatitis A virus|HAV]]||ssRNA||fecal-oral||-
 
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| [[Hepatitis B virus|HBV]] || DNA || sexual, parenteral, and perinatal || 10%
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|[[Hepatitis B virus|HBV]]||DNA||sexual, parenteral, and perinatal||10%
 
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| [[Hepatitis C virus|HCV]] || ssRNA || parenteral || 80%
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|[[Hepatitis C virus|HCV]]||ssRNA||parenteral||80%
 
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| [[Hepatitis D virus|HDV]] || ssRNA || sexual, parenteral, and perinatal || 5% (coinfection) to 70% (superinfection)
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|[[Hepatitis D virus|HDV]]||ssRNA||sexual, parenteral, and perinatal||5% (coinfection) to 70% (superinfection)
 
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| [[Hepatitis E virus|HEV]] || ssRNA || fecal-oral || -
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|[[Hepatitis E virus|HEV]]||ssRNA||fecal-oral||-
 
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== Differential Diagnosis ==
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* Other causes of [[hepatitis]]
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* Infectious causes: [[CMV]], [[HSV]], [[EBV]], [[coxsackievirus]], [[yellow fever virus]], [[Ebola virus]], [[Marburg virus]], [[toxoplasmosis]]
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* Drugs: [[isoniazid]], [[phenytoin]], many others
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* Toxins: [[alcoholic hepatitis]]
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* Others: [[gallstone]], [[malignancy]], genetic disorders
   
 
[[Category:Gastrointestinal infections]]
 
[[Category:Gastrointestinal infections]]

Latest revision as of 10:09, 28 August 2020

Virus Type Transmission Chronic liver disease
HAV ssRNA fecal-oral -
HBV DNA sexual, parenteral, and perinatal 10%
HCV ssRNA parenteral 80%
HDV ssRNA sexual, parenteral, and perinatal 5% (coinfection) to 70% (superinfection)
HEV ssRNA fecal-oral -

Differential Diagnosis