|
Criteria
|
Hepatitis A
|
Hepatitis B
|
Hepatitis C
|
Hepatitis D
|
Hepatitis E
|
|
Family
|
Picorna
Virus
|
Hepadena
Virus
|
Flavi Virus
|
Incomplete
Virus
|
Calci Virus
|
|
Virus type
|
RNA
|
DNA
|
RNA
|
RNA
|
RNA
|
|
Enveloped
|
Absent
|
Present
|
Present
|
Present
|
Absent
|
|
Size
|
27 mm
|
42 mm
|
30-60 mm
|
35 mm
|
34mm
|
|
Mode of transmission
|
Faeco-oral
|
Blood transmission
Sexual
Contaminated syringes and needles
Faeco-oral
Tattooing, circumcision
Perinatal
|
Blood transmission
Sexual
Contaminated syringes and needles
Tattooing, circumcision
Perinatal
|
Blood
transmission
Sexual
Perinatal
|
Faeco-oral
|
|
Incubation period (days )
|
15-25
|
50-180
|
40-120
|
40-60
|
20-50
|
|
Particles in blood
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Vaccine available
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Immunoglobulins Useful
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Chronic Diseases
|
Never
|
Often
|
Often
|
Often
|
Never
|
|
Age group
|
Children
|
All age
|
All age
|
All age
|
Adult
|
|
Oncogenicity
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
-
|
No
|
|
Common diseases
|
Infectious
hepatitis
|
Serum
hepatitis
|
Post
transfutional hepatitis
|
Delta
hepatitis
|
Infectious
hepatitis
|
|
Complications
|
Fulminant
hepatitis (rare )
|
Chronic
hepatitis
Cirrhosis
HCC
|
Chronic
hepatitis
Cirrhosis
HCC
|
Chronic
hepatitis
Liver failure
Fulminant hepatitis (rare )
|
Fulminant
hepatitis (rare )
|
|
Diagnosis
|
Early
stage-
*detection of
HAV in the stool
*Detection of
IgM anti HAV in the serum
Past
infection-
* Detection
of IgG anti HAV in the serum
*CFT
*RIA and
ELISA
|
Early
stage –
*Presence of
HBs Ag
*presence of
IgM Anti HBc
HBeAg
Window
period-
presence of
Anti-HBc
Remote
past-
presence of IgG Anti-HBc
Chronic
stage with viral activity an infectivity –
Persistent
HBeAg , HBsAg and presence of IgG Anti-HBc
Resolution-
Appearance of
Anti HBe
|
Detection of
Anti-HCV
|
Detection of
Anti-D/Delta
Liver Biopsy
|
Detection of
Anti-HEV
|
Collected
& Concise only for postgraduate student
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