RT Book, Section
A1 Riedel, Stefan
A1 Hobden, Jeffery A.
A1 Miller, Steve
A1 Morse, Stephen A.
A1 Mietzner, Timothy A.
A1 Detrick, Barbara
A1 Mitchell, Thomas G.
A1 Sakanari, Judy A.
A1 Hotez, Peter
A1 Mejia, Rojelio
SR Print(0)
ID 1163282784
T1 Hepatitis Viruses
T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 28e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260012026
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163282784
RD 2024/04/25
AB Viral  hepatitis  is  a  systemic  disease  primarily  involving  the  liver.  Most  cases  of  acute  viral  hepatitis  in  children  and  adults  are  caused  by  one  of  the  following  five  agents:  hepatitis  A  virus  (HAV),  the  etiologic  agent  of  viral  hepatitis  type  A  (infectious  hepatitis);  hepatitis  B  virus  (HBV),  which  is  associated  with  viral  hepatitis  B  (serum  hepatitis);  hepatitis  C  virus  (HCV),  the  agent  of  hepatitis  C  (common  cause  of  posttransfusion  hepatitis);  hepatitis  D  (HDV),  a  defective  virus  dependent  on  coinfection  with  HBV;  or  hepatitis  E  virus  (HEV),  the  agent  of  enterically  transmitted  hepatitis.  Additional  well-characterized  viruses  that  can  cause  sporadic  hepatitis,  such  as  yellow  fever  virus,  cytomegalovirus,  Epstein-Barr  virus,  herpes  simplex  virus,  rubella  virus,  and  the  enteroviruses,  are  discussed  in  other  chapters.  Hepatitis  viruses  produce  acute  inflammation  of  the  liver,  resulting  in  a  clinical  illness  characterized  by  fever,  gastrointestinal  symptoms  such  as  nausea  and  vomiting,  and  jaundice.  Hepatitis  viruses  cause  similar  appearing  histopathologic  lesions  in  the  liver  during  acute  disease.