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Definition of Infectious hepatitis

1. Noun. 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 contaminated with fecal matter.

Medical Definition of Infectious hepatitis

1. A form of viral hepatitis, known as infectious hepatitis, due to its ability to be spread through personal contact with oral secretions or stool. Virus will be shed in the stools of an infected individual 2-3 weeks prior to the onset of any symptoms. Hepatitis A may also be transmitted sexually. Symptoms are similar to those of influenza, but the skin and eyes may become yellow. Recent travel to a third world country is a risk factor. There is no specific treatment but infected individuals should avoid potentially hepatotoxic substances. The virus is a small (27nm diameter) single stranded RNA virus with some resemblance to enteroviruses such as polio. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infectious Hepatitis

Literary usage of Infectious hepatitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Potential Groundwater Contamination from Intentional and Nonintentional by Robert Pitt, Shirley Clark, Keith Parmer (1994)
"The documented outbreaks of viral diseases from groundwater contamination have been limited primarily to infectious hepatitis (Grites 1985; Craun 1979). ..."

2. Retirement Retreats: Or Which Concentration Camp Do You Prefer? by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"... a confirmed diagnosis of infectious hepatitis B and sentenced to 60 more days in an isolation cell, where he already had been held for almost two weeks. ..."

3. National Shellfish Sanitation Program: Sanitation of Shellfish Growing Areasby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Between November 1, 1980 and April 30, 1981, 450 cases of infectious hepatitis A were reported from the consumption of cockles (63). i Secondly, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... but not in the serums of patients with the short-incubation type of infectious hepatitis (2, 4). When blood containing the SH antigen is transfused, ..."

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