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Infectious hepatitis, with hepatitis as the main symptom, is associated with viruses, not bacteria.
To answer your question, technically just about any bacteria should be able to cause hepatitis, or liver infection. It just needs to reach there. One that typically do infect the liver, however, is Yersinia pestis, or the bacteria that causes the black death. When a flea bites a rat that has the infection, it [the flea] becomes infected. This would normally pose little problem because fleas don't regurgitate their meals and thus transmit infection. However, the bacteria blocks the entrance to the flea's stomach, which has to vomit up its meal when it reaches its human victim; thus, the bacteria enters the human body. From there it travels to the lymph nodes, causing lymphadenopathy, or inflammation of the lymph nodes. Once it causes those buboes, or swollen lymph nodes which give Bubonic Plague its name, it spreads, specifically to the liver. An overwhelming infection eventually reaches other organs as well.
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Is hepatitis caused by a virus or bacteria?
Hepatitis is mainly caused by viruses, such as hepatitis A, B, and C. Bacterial infections can also lead to inflammation of the liver but are less common causes of hepatitis.
Is hepatitis a viruse or a bacteria?
Hepatitis is actually quite a general term which means inflammation of the liver and so has many causes for example drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune or infectious. On the whole when most people refer to hepatitis they refer to infectious hepatitis often caused by the hepatitis viruses types B & C which have the potential to cause long term (chronic) hepatitis. There are other forms of the hepatitis virus family including types A, D & E and there are other forms of virus which can cause hepatitis. There are non-viral infectious causes of hepatitis including toxoplasma and Q fever (which is a bacteria) but these are rare.
What is the name of the organism that causes hepatitis b?
Hepatitis B is a viral infection. It is a virus. Only one virus causes Hepatitis B. It infects the liver. A vaccine exists to prevent it. It is blood borne. If you are in the same room with someone who has it, you will not catch it. Do not share needles, razors, or anything that could move their body fluids to you. Hepatitis B can be treated. Other liver infections exist. Hepatitis A generally results when an infected person prepares your food. Hepatitis C is blood borne. Anything one person does that gets body fluids from one person into another spreads the virus. Hepatitis D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, and M also exist. Those liver infections are caused by different pathogens. (I do not have the first idea about any of those diseases. Someone came back from Atlanta and passed on that information.)
What is the organism type for hepatitis a?
it is a bacteria
Is hepatitis A a virus or bacteria?
Hepatitis is inflammation in the liver caused by the virus hepatitis B.
What type of pathogen causes hepatitis?
Hepatitis is caused by blood borne pathogens. The pathogens themselves conveniently share similar names to the type of hepatitis they cause: The pathogen that causes Hepatitus A is known as the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV), the pathogen that causes Hepatitus B is known as the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and the pathogen that causes Hepatitus C is known as the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
What causes hepatitis B?
Usually caused by hepatitis B virus.
Is human hepatitis the same as dog hepatitis?
hepatitis is a descriptive word meaning "inflammation of the liver" there are many causes. i assume you are thinking of the viral causes of hepatitis in humans such as hepatitis A, B and C. These viruses are not transferrable to dogs. If your dog is diagnosed with hepatitis it may be viral, but more commonly it could be bacterial - usually bacteria from the gut that has tracked up the bile duct and into the liver. Sometimes also described as cholangiohepatitis (cholangio pertains to the gall bladder and bile duct) if there is inflammation in the biliary tract. You cannot transfer this disease to your dog, nor can you "catch it" from your dog.
Is hepatitis a bacteria protist fungi or a virus?
Hepatitis A or B or C involves an infection of the liver caused by a virus.
What microorganism causes Hepatitis C?
Sonething
Do hepatitis b viru causes heartburns?
NO
What parasite causes hepatitus a?
The hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the parasite that causes hepatitis A infection. It is primarily transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food or water.
