Catalog
Acute hepatitis A
Link to WHO Definition
Acute hepatitis A – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/991455762
Acute liver injury and inflammation caused by recent and short-term (less than 6 months) infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV). Transmission is by the faecal-oral route. Diagnosis is confirmed by presence of IgM-anti-HAV in serum. Clinical features, if they occur, are characterised by anorexia, nausea and fever, with jaundice in severer cases.