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Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatitis > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis A
Infections > Virus Diseases > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis A
... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Picornaviridae Infections > Enterovirus Infections > Hepatitis A

Preferred term

Hepatitis A  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hepatitides, Infectious
  • Hepatitis, Infectious
  • Infectious Hepatitides
  • Infectious Hepatitis

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.

History note

  • 77; was HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS 1963-76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006506

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