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Hepatitis is
inflammation of the
liver tissue. Some
people or
animals with
hepatitis have no symptoms,
whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the...
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Hepatitis A is an
infectious disease of the
liver caused by
Hepatovirus A (HAV); it is a type of
viral hepatitis. Many
cases have few or no symptoms, especially...
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Hepatitis B is an
infectious disease caused by the
hepatitis B
virus (HBV) that
affects the liver; it is a type of
viral hepatitis. It can
cause both acute...
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Hepatitis C is an
infectious disease caused by the
hepatitis C
virus (HCV) that
primarily affects the liver; it is a type of
viral hepatitis.
During the...
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Hepatitis B
vaccine is a
vaccine that
prevents hepatitis B. The
first dose is
recommended within 24
hours of
birth with
either two or
three more doses...
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Hepatitis E is
inflammation of the
liver caused by
infection with the
hepatitis E
virus (HEV); it is a type of
viral hepatitis.
Hepatitis E has mainly...
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Viral hepatitis is
liver inflammation due to a
viral infection. It may
present in
acute form as a
recent infection with
relatively rapid onset, or in...
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Autoimmune hepatitis,
formerly known as
lupoid hepatitis,
plasma cell
hepatitis, or
autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, is a chronic,
autoimmune disease...
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hepatitis C
virus (HCV) is a
small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA
virus of the
family Flaviviridae. The
hepatitis C...
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Hepatitis D is a type of
viral hepatitis caused by the
hepatitis delta virus (HDV). HDV is one of five
known hepatitis viruses: A, B, C, D, and E. HDV...
