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Abstract
INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.
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- Hepatitis, Infectious
- Infectious Hepatitis
- Hepatitides, Infectious
- Infectious Hepatitides
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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77; was HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS 1963-76
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hepatitis A. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006506. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006506
- Hepatitis A. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_A
- Hepatitis A. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157661