Hepatitis B virus is
transmitted through open wounds or contact with contaminated blood or body
fluids. There is a vaccine, which is given in a series. This vaccine series is
given mostly to people who work closely with the public and who are at risk.
Hepatitis C virus is
transmitted through blood. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis
D virus “only occurs in people already infected with hepatitis B virus (www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hepatitis/index.asp).”
Hepatitis D virus is transmitted through an open wound or contact with contaminated
blood.
Hepatitis E virus
transmitted through contaminated food and water. Hepatitis E virus is worldwide;
this virus is found in bad conditions within food and water. “Hepatitis E virus
is a waterborne disease, and contaminated water or food supplies have been
implicated in major outbreaks. The ingestion of raw or uncooked shellfish has
also been identified as the source of sporadic cases in endemic areas (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs280/en/
).” “Hepatitis E virus causes acute sporadic and epidemic viral hepatitis (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs280/en/
).” One article states that there is currently no approved vaccine for
hepatitis E virus in United States, and another article states “China’s State Food and Drug Administration in
December 2011 approved a hepatitis E vaccine (http://www.nature.com/news/hepatitis-e-vaccine-debuts-1.11687
).”
The symptoms that are public knowledge for
hepatitis are jaundice, anorexia, affected liver, abdominal pain, fever,
nausea, and vomiting.
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