WK16: Hepatitis Flashcards
Acute types of hepatitis
HAV
HEV
Types of hepatitis with available vaccines
HAV
HBV
HEV
Small, Icosahedral, Naked ssRNA
HAV
HAV MOT
- Fecal-oral route
- Close personal contact
- Contaminated food
Only hepatitis virus capable of growing in cell culture
HAV
Enveloped, partially dsDNA
HBV
Antigens of HBV
HBsAg
HbCAg
HbeAg
True or False (HBV) The risk of chronic infection is inversely proportion to age at time of infection
True
Indicates that the patient has an active HBV infection, a chronic carrier, in an incubation period
HBsAg
Indicates acute infection; confirms diagnosis of acute HBV infection
IgM anti-HBc
Present when infection resolves (together with Anti-HBs)
IgG anti-HBc
Indicates convalescence or immune status
Anti-HBs
Period between the inability to detect HBsAg and anti-HBs antibodies is often referred as the _________
CORE WINDOW
Indicative of chronic infection and high infectivity
HBeAg
Delta hepatitis virus
HDV