Abstract: Acute viral hepatitis is a term that is generally given to the disease condition attributed to a group of viruses that have the propensity to infect the liver and cause necroinflammation. Although these hepatotropic viruses share a common clinical presentation, they belong to different virus families, have different modes of transmission, and differ in their propensity to lead to chronic infection (Table 1.1). Even as acute viral hepatitis remains an important public health prob- lem in the United States, it is noteworthy that there has been and continues to be a decline in the number of new infections of hepatitis A, B, and C (Table 1.2).
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-06-16
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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