Hepatitis A

Definition: Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A

Noun

1. An acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaiminated with fecal matter.

Specialty Definitions: Hepatitis A

Domain	Definitions
Health	Hepatitis caused by hepatovirus. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Specialty Definition: Hepatitis A

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hepatitis A is a disease affecting the liver, and caused by the Hepatitis A Virus (abbreviated HAV). Only 3/4 people with hepatitis A have symptoms. Those symptoms may include:

Yellow eyes
Dark urine
Nausea
Fever
Tiredness
Loss of appetite
Stomach ache
Vomiting

Hepatitis A can be prevented by good hygiene and sanitation. Vaccination is also available, and is recommended in areas where the prevalence of hepatitis A is high. The CDC in 1991 reported a low mortality rate of 4 deaths per 1000 cases for the general population but a higher rate of 17.5 per 1000 in those aged 50 and over.

Hepatitis A outbreaks still occur in the United States and are usually traced to unsanitary conditions at restaurants, including but not limited to employees failing to wash their hands after restroom breaks. The most widespread Hepatitis A outbreak in American history afflicted at least 530 people (killing three) in northeastern Ohio and southwestern Pennsylvania in late 2003. In November of that year, the outbreak was blamed on tainted green onions at a restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania.

See also: hepatitis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

External link

CDC's hepatitis A links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hepatitis A."

Top

Synonym: Hepatitis A

Synonym: infectious hepatitis (n). (additional references)

Top

Crosswords: Hepatitis A

English words defined with "hepatitis A": delta hepatitis ♦ hepadnavirus, hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis delta ♦ serum hepatitis ♦ togavirus ♦ viral hepatitis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hepatitis A": Arthritis, Infectious, Avihepadnavirus ♦ Caliciviridae, Coronavirus, Rat ♦ ESCOBEDIA SCABRIFOLIA, ESPELETIA CONGESTIFLORA, ESPELETIA GLANDULOSA, ESPELETIA GLOSSOPHYLLA, ESPELETIA GRNADIFLORA, ESPELETIA HARTWEGIANA, ESPELETIA JIMENEZ QUESADAE, ESPELETIA LOPEZII, ESPELETIA MURILLOI, ESPELETIA PETIOLATA, ESPELETIA PHANERACTIS, ESPELETIA PLEIOCHASIA, ESPELETIA SCHULTESIANA ♦ Flaviviridae, Fulminant Hepatic Failure ♦ Gastroenteritis Virus, Murine ♦ Hepadnaviridae, Hepatitis A Vaccines, Hepatitis A Virus, Human, Hepatitis Agents, GB, Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Duck, Hepatitis C-Like Viruses, Hepatitis Delta Virus, Hepatitis E, Hepatitis E Virus, Hepatitis, Chronic, Hepatitis, Chronic, Drug-Induced, Hepatovirus ♦ Mode of Transmission ♦ non-A non-B hepatitis ♦ Orthohepadnavirus ♦ Rats, Inbred LEC, Reovirus 3, Rift Valley Fever Virus ♦ Transfusion-Transmitted Virus. (references)

Top

Commercial Usage: Hepatitis A

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Hepatitis A (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Virus hepatitis A sampai E di Indonesia (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Photo Album: Hepatitis A

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	HAV is usually spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth (even though it may look clean) that has been contaminated with the stool of a person with hepatitis A. Adults will have signs and symptoms more often than children.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Non-Fiction Usage: Hepatitis A

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hepatitis A is a liver disease. (references)
		You can get the hepatitis A vaccine. (references)
		The virus that causes hepatitis A is called the hepatitis A virus. (references)
Business		Taiwan manufacturers are primarily producing diagnostic RIA and EIA kits for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, as well as anti-HIV, tumor marker and diagnostic EIA and HA kits for drug and pregnancy tests. (references)
		General Biologicals Corp., with paid-up capital of NTD 290 million, was set up in Taiwan in June 1984 for the production of diagnostic RIA and EIA kits for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The firm also produces anti-HIV and tumor marker diagnostic kits for export and domestic markets. (references)
Indigenous People	Australia	According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, between 1998 and 2000 the rates of tuberculosis and hepatitis A and B among indigenous people are respectively 3.9 times as great, 5.2 times greater, and 6 times greater than that of nonindigenous people. (references)
Minorities	Greece	Research conducted in 2000 by the NGO Doctors of the World found that 98 percent of Roma in some camps were infected by hepatitis A, and 68 percent by hepatitis B. The rate of infection of other citizens is extremely low, since most are vaccinated. (references)
Travel	Eq. Guinea	Vaccinations against tetanus, typhoid, polio, meningitis, and hepatitis A and B are recommended. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top

Expressions: Hepatitis A

Expressions using "hepatitis A": Hepatitis A Vaccines ♦ hepatitis A virus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hepatitis A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
hepatitis a	698
hepatitis a symptom	195
hepatitis a treatment	67
hepatitis a picture	27
hepatitis a vaccination	23
hepatitis a shot	23
hepatitis a contagious	6
hepatitis a hepatitis b	4
hepatitis a vaccinations	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Modern Translations: Hepatitis A

Language		Translations for "hepatitis A"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		hépatite virale A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), hépatite aiguë virale A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), hépatite épidemique (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), hépatite � virus A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), hépatite A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis). (various references)

German		Hepatitis epidemica (contageous hepatitis, epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis, viral hepatitis type A), Hepatitis A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), Virus-A-Hepatitis (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis), epidemische Hepatitis (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis). (various references)

Italian		epatite A (epidemic hepatitis, infectious hepatitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		epatitishay aay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top

Anagrams: Hepatitis A

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-p-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: hepatitis.
	-2 letters: apathies, apatites, pithiest.
	-3 letters: apatite, atheist, hastate, patties, pettish, pietist, satiate, staithe.
	-4 letters: aptest, pastie, pattie, petsai, pietas, pities, saithe, spathe, tapeta, theist, thetas, tithes.
	-5 letters: aphis, apish, ataps, ephas, haets, haste, hates, heaps, heats, heist, paisa, paise, pasha, pasta, paste, pates, paths, peats, petit, petti, phase, pieta, piste, pitas, piths, saith, sepia, septa, shape, spahi, spait, spate, spite, staph, state, stipe, tapas, tapes, tapis, taste, tates, teats, tepas, testa, teths, theta, tipis, tithe, titis.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-p-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: antipathies.
	+3 letters: pantheistical.
	+4 letters: antiapartheids, radiotherapist, stratigraphies.
	+5 letters: pantheistically, radiotherapists.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.