- Marmara Medical Journal
- Special Issue::2 Gastroenterology and Hepatology Viral Hepatitis Special Issue
- Microbiological diagnostics of viral hepatitis
Microbiological diagnostics of viral hepatitis
Authors : Ufuk HASDEMİR
Pages : 10-17
Doi:10.5472/MMJsi.2901.04
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Publication Date : 2016-08-01
Article Type : Review Paper
Abstract :Viral hepatitis is an infection that primarily affects the liverbut may also have systemic clinical manifestations. The vastmajority of viral hepatitis are caused by one of five hepatotropicviruses: hepatitis A virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HAV);, hepatitis B virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HBV);,hepatitis C virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HCV);, hepatitis D insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(delta); virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HDV);, andhepatitis E virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HEV); insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Table I); [1]. HBV, HCV, and HDValso cause chronic hepatitis, whereas HAV does not. HEVcauses acute hepatitis in normal hosts but can cause protractedand chronic hepatitis in immunosuppressed patients.Keywords: Microbiologic diagnosis, Hepatitis A, hepatitis B,Hepatitis CKeywords :