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Hepatitis A is generally an acute, self-limited infection of the liver by an enterically transmitted picornavirus, hepatitis A virus (HAV). Infection may be asymptomatic or result in acute hepatitis. Rarely, fulminant hepatitis can ensue. Although the duration and severity of…
INTRODUCTION History of Hepatitis A Disease Contagious jaundice was initially recognized independently in Europe—by the Greeks at the time of Hippocrates—and in Asia, by the Chinese ; however, the earliest recorded outbreaks of jaundice that appear epidemiologically to have been…