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Title: What is hepatitis A? How is it transmitted?
Post by: Hep Forum Moderators on October 02, 2017, 09:42:02 am
Hepatitis A has been in the press a lot lately (https://www.hepmag.com/tag/hepatitis-a). Do you know what exactly it is?

Hepatitis A is a type of liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). The virus is spread from one person to another when the feces--even trace amounts of it--of someone with HAV gets into another person’s mouth. There are a number of ways that this can happen:


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https://www.hepmag.com/basics/hepatitis-a-basics/hepatitis-a-transmitted
Title: Re: What is hepatitis A? How is it transmitted?
Post by: HepBird1 on October 09, 2017, 08:29:39 pm
After I was diagnosed with HCV, they ran antibody checks for HAV & HBV.  I had the antibody for HAV.  Always figured I got it when I was a toddler/crawler. Mom said anything that moved slower then me would go in my mouth.  :o