Essays on Hepatitis

The Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a microorganism that causes the disease Hepatitis A. This disease is an infection of the liver that can be very dangerous as well as contagious. When the Hepatitis A virus takes effect within the body it disrupts and impairs the typical functions of the human liver (Hepatitis A, 2019)....

The disease hepatitis A is a communicable disease that is caused by the infection of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) in the liver of a host. The disease is transmitted between hosts via the fecal to oral route, the consumption of contaminated food or water, or intravenously (Robert H. Purcell, 2002). Humans are the only...

Abstract This paper will discuss how hepatitis in pregnant women is passed to their developing infant during gestation by looking at three different research articles. There are several types of Hepatitis such as A, B, C, D, & E, however, only hepatitis B can be transmitted from mother to fetus. Hepatitis B has three types...