hepatitis A
acute infectious disease of the liver
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Summary
hepatitis An is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 4,498 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #69 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: notifiable disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[5], viral hepatitis[6], waterborne disease[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Hepatitis A[9]
- Afflicts: liver[10]
- Symptoms and signs: hepatitis[11], nausea[12], vomiting[13], fever[14], malaise[15], jaundice[16], anorexia[17]
- Has cause: Hepatitis A virus[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hepatitis A[19]
- Medical examination: ELISA[20], polymerase chain reaction[21]
- Possible treatment: detoxification[22], Adsorbentes intestinales[23]
- Disease transmission process: fecal–oral route[24]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3096[25]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[26]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12549[27], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12549[28]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 48 day[29]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 15 day[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[31]
Why It Matters
hepatitis A has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]