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An Overview
What Is Hepatitis?
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver
Hepat (liver) + itis (inflammation)= Hepatitis
Viral hepatitis means there is a specific virus that
is causing your liver to inflame (swell or become
larger than normal)
The Liver
Is located in the upper right quadrant of
the abdomen
Selected situations
institutions (e.g., day care centers)
Low/Not
High Moderate Detectable
5’ 3’
hypervariable
region
Hepatitis C - Clinical Features
RNA
Hepatitis D - Clinical Features
Coinfection
– severe acute disease.
– low risk of chronic infection.
Superinfection
– usually develop chronic HDV infection.
– high risk of severe chronic liver disease.
– may present as an acute hepatitis.
Hepatitis D Virus Modes
of Transmission
Percutanous exposures
injecting drug use
Permucosal exposures
sex contact
Hepatitis D - Prevention
HBV-HDV Coinfection
Pre or postexposure prophylaxis to prevent
HBV infection.
HBV-HDV Superinfection
Education to reduce risk behaviors among
persons with chronic HBV infection.
Hepatitis E Virus
Hepatitis E - Clinical Features