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Created page with "Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a picornavirus and an RNA virus. It usually causes mild, self-limiting acute hepatitis. There is no specific treatment. == Etiology == Like hepatitis E, transmission is faecal-oral. Transmission usually occurs due to: * Contaminated food or water * Close personal contact * IV drug users * Blood exposure (rare) ''For hepatitis, bowels are vowels. Those hepatitides who are vowels have faecal-oral transmission.'' == Clinical features == HAV ca..."
(Created page with "Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a picornavirus and an RNA virus. It usually causes mild, self-limiting acute hepatitis. There is no specific treatment. == Etiology == Like hepatitis E, transmission is faecal-oral. Transmission usually occurs due to: * Contaminated food or water * Close personal contact * IV drug users * Blood exposure (rare) ''For hepatitis, bowels are vowels. Those hepatitides who are vowels have faecal-oral transmission.'' == Clinical features == HAV ca...")
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