Hepatitides and alcoholic liver disease Flashcards
What family does the hepatitis A virus belong to?
Picornaviridae
What is the structure of the hepatitis A virus?
Small, non-enveloped with ss + sense RNA
What is the route of hepatitis A transmission?
Fecal-oral
What is the course of hepatitis A infection?
- Incubation (2-6w)
- Prodrome (1-2w)
- Icteric phase (2w)
- Resolution of symptoms
What are the clinical features of the prodromal phase of hepatitis A infection?
RUQ pain Hepatomegaly Fever Malaise Anorexia N+V
What are the clinical features of the icteric phase of hepatitis A infection?
Jaundice
Dark urine
Pale stools
Pruritis
How do you diagnose hepatitis A infection?
Bloods - transaminases - bilirubin - HAV RNA - antiHAV IgM - antiHAV IgG Liver biopsy
What will you see on liver biopsy in a hepatitis A infection?
Periportal inflammation Hepatocyte swelling Ballooning degeneration Bridging necrosis Councilman bodies
Which hepatitis viruses are fecal-oral?
HAV
HEV
Vowels = bowels
What family does the hepatitis E virus belong to?
Hepeviridae
What is the structure of the hepatitis E virus?
Non-enveloped with ss + sense RNA
What is the route of hepatitis E transmission?
Fecal-oral transmission
In which region is hepatitis A commonly found?
Tropical
Subtropical
In which region is hepatitis E commonly found?
Equatorial
Developing countries
What is the course of hepatitis E infection?
- Incubation (2-8w)
- Prodrome (1-2w)
- Icteric phase (2w)
- Resolution of symptoms
What are the clinical features of the prodromal phase of hepatitis E infection?
RUQ pain Hepatomegaly Fever Malaise Anorexia N+V
What are the clinical features of the icteric phase of hepatitis E infection?
Jaundice
Dark urine
Pale stools
Pruritis
How do you diagnose hepatitis E infection?
Bloods - transaminases - bilirubin - HEV RNA - antiHEV IgM - antiHEV IgG Liver biopsy
What will you see on liver biopsy in a hepatitis E infection?
Patchy necrosis
Which group is most at risk for fulminant hepatitis in hepatitis E infection?
Pregnant women (incr mortality of both mother and fetus)
Do affected hepatitis E patients become carriers?
No
Which hepatitides can have chronic sequelae?
HBV
HCV
HDV
Consonants = chronic
Discuss the treatment of hepatitis E infection
Self-limiting
Supportive care
Which hepatitides have vaccinations available?
HAV
HBV
What family does the hepatitis B virus belong to?
Hepadnaviridae
What is the structure of the hepatitis B virus?
Enveloped, circular, partially ds DNA
What is the route of hepatitis B transmission?
Parenteral
Sexual
MTC
Which groups are at risk of parenteral hepatitis B transmission?
IVDUs HCWs Hemodialysis patients Blood transfusion recipient Organ transplant recipient
What is the replication cycle of HBV?
- After entering the host cell’s nucleus, reverse transcriptase completes the positive strand of the virus’s partially double-stranded relaxed circular DNA (rcDNA).
- The rcDNA is converted to covalently closed circular DNA
- The cccDNA is then transcribed into viral mRNA by host RNA polymerase.
- The viral mRNA leaves the nucleus and is translated into HBV core proteins and new reverse transcriptase in the cytoplasm.
- Viral mRNA and reverse transcriptase are packaged into a capsid, where viral mRNA is then reverse-transcribed into viral rcDNA.
- New viral DNA genomes are enveloped and leave the cell as progeny virions.
What is the pathophysiology of hepatocyte destruction in acute HBV infection?
HBV-derived peptides on HBV infected hepatocytes are detected by lymphocytes which activate CD8+ T cells that attack the hepatocytes
What is the pathophysiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic HBV infection?
Persistent inflammation
HBV DNA integration into the host genome
What is the course of hepatitis B infection?
- Incubation (1-6m)
- Clinical course varies significantly
- serum sickness-like syndrome
- subclinical hepatitis
- symptomatic hepatitis
- fulminant hepatitis
When can serum sickness-like syndrome in acute HBV infection develop?
1-2w post infection
What are the clinical features of serum sickness-like syndrome in acute HBV infection?
Rash
Myalgia
Arthalgia
Fever