| hepatitis B |
A viral hepatitis caused by the Hepatitis B-virus, a Orthohepadnavirus. The transmission route is parenteral. A fulminant course is uncommon, but the infection is often chronic causing liver cirrhosis and an elevated risk of liver cancer. B-hepatitis can be treated by Lamivudin and in some cases by Interferon. The disease can be prevented by vaccination.
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| hepatitis C |
A viral hepatitis caused by the Hepatitis C-virus, a Flaviviridae-virus. The transmission route is parenteral. A fulminant course is rare but the disease is very often chronic, causing liver cirrhosis and an elevated risk of liver cancer. The disease can easily be avoided by avoiding blood contact with infected people (for example dirty needles). No vaccine is available against Hepatitis C.
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| hepatitis D |
A viral hepatitis caused by the Deltavirus. The transmission route is parenteral, and this hepatitis affect only patients who already have B-hepatitis. A fulminant course is common, and the course of this disease is usually chronic, causing an elevated risk of liver cancer. Interferon may be partly effective in some patients.
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| hepatitis E |
A viral hepatitis, mostly affecting people in developing countries, and especially dangerous when affecting pregnant women, where the course often is fulminant.
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| hepatitis G |
A viral hepatitis described in 1996. The nature and significance of this viral hepatitis is still under investigation
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