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Before the 1960s and 1970s, this type of hepatitis was transmitted from person to person via the fecal-oral route.

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Infectious hepatitis

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Before the 1960s and 1970s, how were patients with hepatitis classified?

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Infectious hepatitis

Serum hepatitis

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Before the 1960s and 1970s, what was the known mode of transmission of infectious hepatitis?

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Fecal-oral route

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Before the 1960s and 1970s, this type of hepatitis resulted from the transfusion of infected blood and blood products.

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Serum hepatitis

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Enumerate the eight recognized hepatitis viruses.

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Hepatitis A (HAV)
Hepatitis B (HBV)
Hepatitis C (HCV)
Hepatitis D (HDV) - Delta hepatitis
Hepatitis E (HEV)
Hepatitis G (HGV)
SEN
Transfusion Transmitted virus (TTV)
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These types of hepatitis viruses are transmitted via the fecal-oral route.

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HAV and HEV

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These types of hepatitis viruses are transmitted via infected blood and blood products.

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Hepatitis B (HBV)
Hepatitis C (HCV)
Hepatitis D (HDV) - Delta hepatitis
Hepatitis G (HGV)
SEN
Transfusion Transmitted virus (TTV)
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What types of hepatitis viruses have a DNA genome?

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HBV
TT
SEN

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What types of hepatitis viruses have a RNA genome?

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Hepatitis A (HAV)
Hepatitis C (HCV)
Hepatitis D (HDV) - Delta hepatitis
Hepatitis E (HEV)
Hepatitis G (HGV)
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(T/F) The hepatitis viruses are unrelated and biologically and morphologically disparate.

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T

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What are the common symptoms of the hepatitis virus infection?

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Fatigue
Headache
Anorexia
Nausea
Vomiting
Abdominal pain (right upper quadrant or diffuse)
Jaundice and dark urine (most characteristic symptoms)

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What are the most characteristic symptoms of a hepatitis virus infection?

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Jaundice

Dark urine

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What is the morphology of the virion of the HAV? (Helical/Icosahedral/Complex)

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Icosahedral (a geometric shape with 20 triangular sides)

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What is the genome of the HAV?

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Linear ssRNA

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What is the genus and family of the HAV?

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Genus: Hepatovirus (sole member)
Family: Picornaviridae

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What is the mode of transmission (MoT) of the HAV?

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Fecal-oral route

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This type of hepatitis virus may cause the “infectious hepa” or “short incubation hepa.”
It has low mortality, is self-limiting, and does not cause chronic liver damage.

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HAV

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What are the risk factors for the HAV?

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Sexual or household contact with infected person
Daycare contact
Food/water borne outbreaks
IV drug use
International travel
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How long is the approximate incubation period for HAV?

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1 month

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(T/F) Children infected with HAV and are aged younger than 5 years old are mostly asymptomatic.

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T

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What Ig will appear upon 4 weeks of infection with HAV and will persist for 4 months?

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IgM

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This Ig will appear when there is past infection or immunization from HAV.

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IgG

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Persons who have not been vaccinated and have been exposed to HAV can receive _____, which is 80-90% effective in preventing the infection. This can also be used as pre-exposure prophylaxis.

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Immune globulin

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This hepatitis virus is enveloped and partially a dsDNA.

It is also known to be primarily a blood-borne pathogen

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HBV

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HBV belongs to the family _____.
Hepadnaviridae
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The HBV contains a surface antigen referred to as the _____ that circulates in the blood stream as 22-nm particles.
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
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What are the virion particles that make up the HBV?
HB surface antigen (HBsAg) HB core antigen (HBcAg) HB enveloped/HBe antigen (HBeAg)
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What is the main MoT of the HBV?
Sexual routes Perinatal routes Parenteral routes
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This type of hepatitis may cause "long incubation hepa"
HBV
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Lower concentrations of HBV can be found in _____ ...
Semen Vaginal fluid Saliva
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This is the most common transmission route of HBV in the US.
Hetero/Homosexual sexual contact
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Enumerate groups that have a high risk of acquiring HBV.
``` IV drug abusers MSM Household contact and sexual partners of HBS carriers Infants born from HBV moms Healthcare personnel People with tattoos or body piercing Individuals from endemic areas ```
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What are the serologic markers for the HBV?
``` HBsAg HBeAg Anti - HBc Anti - HBe Anti - HBs ```
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This HBV serologic marker is an indicator of active HBV infection either chronic or acute (in incubation period). This is also the initial detectable marker found in serum.
HBsAg
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This HBV serologic marker appears 2 weeks after exposure and is the most reliable method of choice for preventing HBV blood transmission.
HBsAg
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This HBV serologic marker is found in the serum of some HBsAg (+) patients and is an indicator of active viral replication.
HBeAg
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This HBV serologic marker is a reliable marker for the presence of high levels of virus and high degree of infectivity. This also signifies the presence of the most infectious state of HBV.
HBeAg
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The time period between the inability to detect the HBsAg and the detection of anti-HBs antibodies is often referred to as the core "_____ period" of immunity.
Window
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This HBV serologic marker is the reliable marker for the window phase of the infection.
Anti-HBc
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This HBV serologic marker indicates recent recovery but may still be infectious. It is the marker for previous infection
Anti-HBc
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When an HBV infection resolved, what serologic markers will be detectable on the patients serum?
IgG anti-HBc and anti-HBs
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This HBV serologic marker is the 1st serologic evidence of the convalescent phase in acute hepatitis.
Anti-HBe
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This HBV serologic marker is manifested during the convalescence or immune status. It appears later often coinciding with the disappearance of circulating HBsAg.
Anti-HBs
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This HBV serologic marker is the serologic marker of recovery and immunity.
Anti-HBs
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This HBV serologic marker persists through life and indicates life long immunity.
Anti-HBs
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This is a type of hepatitis virus that is known to be a defective 1.7-kb circular ssRNA virus that requires HBV for replication.
HDV (delta hepatitis)
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HDV requires _____ for its envelope.
HBV HBsAg
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HDV is the sole member of what genus?
Deltavirus
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What hepatitis virus has a genus that is not assigned to a particular family?
HDV
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Enumerate groups that are at risk of acquiring HDV.
IV drug users | MSM
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What is the MoT of HDV?
Parenteral
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What are the two clinical forms of HDV?
Co-infection | Superinfection
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In this type of HDV, the patient is simultaneously infected by HDV and HBV.
Co-infection
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This type of HDV infection occurs in a patient suffering from chronic HBV infection is then infected with HDV; the HDV infection develops in a patient with a chronic HBV infection.
Superinfection
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Patients with this type of HDV infection suffers a more sever acute infection and have a higher risk of fulminant hepatitis.
Co-infection
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This type of hepatitis is related to blood transfusions. It is also called as the non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB)
HCV
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What is the genome, genus, and family of the HCV?
Genome: ssRNA Genus: Hepacivirus Family: Flaviviridae
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What is the MoT of HCV?
Sexual, perinatal, and parenteral
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This hepatitis virus is small (32 - 34 nm), naked, and contains a ssRNA.
HEV
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What is the genus and family of the HEV?
Genus: Hepevirus Family: Hepeviridae
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This is known to cause the enteric form of NANB hepatitis.
HEV
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This type of hepatitis virus is a waterborne enteric agent transmitted by fecally contaminated drinking water.
HEV
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What is the MoT of HEV?
Fecal-oral route
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This is the hepatitis virus responsible for epidemics of enterically transmitted hepatitis in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Central America.
HEV
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How long is the incubation period of the HEV?
2-9 weeks
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What is the genome and family of HGV?
Genome: RNA Family: Flaviviridae
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HGV is genetically and antigenically similar to the virus _____.
GBV-C
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This type of hepatitis virus has a circular DNA genome; it is blood-borne and has not been definitely linked to any human disease.
SEN
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What is the MoT of SEN?
Blood transfusions
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This was first identified in the serum of a Japanese patient; it is a ssDNA virus related to the animal circoviruses. It has no known role in human disease.
TTV

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