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Is hepatitis A infectious or non-infectious?
Hepatitis A is an infectious viral disease. It is spread via the fecal-oral route.
What is difference between hepatitis A and B?
Their main difference is their mode of transmission. Hepatitis A is fecal-oral while Hepatitis B is a blood-borne disease.
How is hepatitis transmitted?
Hepatitis A is a communicable (or contagious) disease that spreads from person to person. It is transmitted by the "fecal -- oral route." This does not mean, or course, that Hepatitis A transmission requires that fecal material from an infectious individual must come in contact directly with the mouth of a susceptible individual. It is almost always true that the virus infects a susceptible individual when he or she ingests it, but it gets to the mouth by an indirect route.hepatitis b can transfer through blood,sexual contact,needles..hepatitis a through water
Which virus is transmitted by the fecal oral route?
Hepatitis A, which is caused by the H.A.V. virus, is transmitted by contaminated food and water, and prevented by the hepatitis A vaccine.
Is autoimmune hepatitis contagious?
There's nothing in the provided links that suggests that it's contagious.
Is hepatitis contracted through parenteral route?
Yes for types B, C, and D.
What's Hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is a disease that cause damage to the liver, formally known as infectious hepatitis. It can be transmitted through fecal-oral route. Millions are infected each year by Hepatitis A. Some symptoms are fatigue, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, and appetite loss.
What is the most common maternal to fetal transmission of hepatitis B?
Although hepatitis B can be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta, most often it is transmitted perinatally.
If you had hepatitis A 30 years ago can you transmit it sexually?
Hepatitis A is not a sexually transmitted disease. Most other forms of Hepatitis ARE sexually transmitted, but Hepatitis A is NOT. Hepatitis A is transmitted through the "fecal-oral" route. It is most often transmitted in foods when food preparers who have Hep A don't wash their hands carefully before preparing food.
Name three diseases transmitted by flies?
Cholera, hepatitis A and dysentery are transmitted by flies. This route is also called as feco-oral or fecal-oral route.
What are routes of transmission for hepatitis b?
Blood transfusion, unsafe multiple sex, ?bite of bed bug
What route of transmission of a microorganism by touching the lesion?
Contact
