Synonym(s)
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- Infectious hepatitis (hepatitis epidemica)
- Serum hepatitis (transfusion hepatitis, syringe hepatitis).
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- Hepatitis A: incubation period 6-50 days (average 32 days).
- Hepatitis B: Incubation period up to 160 days.
- Pre-Icteric prodromal stage: duration 2-9 days. Rare skin lesions such as urticarial or maculopapular exanthema.
- Icteric phase: duration 2-6 weeks. Skin lesions:
- Hepatitis C: Possible occurrence of vasculitis.
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- Depending on the type in up to 10% transition to chronic hepatitis.
- S.a.u. persistent hepatitis; recurrent hepatitis; necrotising hepatitis.
- Homologous (not heterologous) immunity between infectious hepatitis and serum hepatitis.
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Virus |
Abbreviation/Synonym |
Genetic information |
Family |
Occurrence/Epidemiology |
Transmission |
History |
hepatitis A |
HAV |
RNA |
Picornaviruses |
depending on age, antibodies are detectable in 5-70% of the population |
fecal-oral |
acute |
hepatitis B |
HBV |
DNA |
Hepadnaviruses |
approx. 50,000 new infections per year |
Blood, sexual, perinatal |
acute, fulminant, chronic (in 1-10% of cases) |
Antibodies detectable in 5-20% of the population (vaccination, past illness) | ||||||
hepatitis C |
HCV |
RNA |
Flaviviruses |
5-10,000 new infections per year (higher number of unreported cases); 200,000-350,000 infected persons nationwide |
Blood, sexual, perinatal |
acute, fulminant, chronic (in approx. 10-20% of cases) |
hepatitis D |
HDV |
RNA |
HBV-Satellite |
very rare; superinfection with HBV infection often causes severe chronic courses (> 70%) with high lethality |
Blood, sexual, perinatal |
acute, fulminant, chronic |
hepatitis E |
HEV |
RNA |
Caliciviruses |
Endemic in India, former CIS states, West Africa. In tropical and subtropical countries HEV is responsible for more than 50% of acute cases. |
fecal-oral |
acute, fulminant (especially for pregnant women) |
hepatitis G |
HGV |
RNA |
Flaviviruses |
Coinfection in 80% of all injecting drug users infected with hepatitis C; antibodies are detectable in about 1% of the population worldwide |
Blood, sexual |
asymptomatic |
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Please ask your physician for a reliable diagnosis. This website is only meant as a reference.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer