A comprehensive article about hepatitis A, i.e. pathogen, mode of transmission, …

• Summary
• Introduction
• Hepatitis A virus
• Transmission
• Modern-era transmission
• Pathology
• Immunology
• Serology
• Clinical disease
• Management
• Prevention and risk of infection
• Concluding remarks
• References
• Figures
• Tables

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FIG. 1.   Possible "enterohepatic" cycling of HAV.

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FIG. 2.   Age group distribution of reported cases of HAV and HBV infection in 1998. (CDC data.)

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FIG. 3. Race and ethnic distribution of reported cases of HAV and HBV infection in 1998. (CDC data.) Native, American Indian or Alaskan native; Asian, Asian or Pacific islander.

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Source: Clinical Microbiology Reviews,Vol. 14, No. 1,  p. 38-58, January 2001