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Hepatitis Virus1 KKD
Hepatitis Virus1 KKD
Chronic viralhepatitis
Persistent viral infection of liver tissue
lasting more than 6 months
Type of Hepatitis
A B C D E
Source of feces blood/ blood/ blood/ feces
virus blood-derived blood-derived blood-derived
body fluids body fluids body fluids
Titre ALT
Fecal
HAV
IgM anti-HAV
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 24
Months after exposure
Transmission
• Close personal contact
(e.g., household contact, sex contact,
child day care centers)
• Contaminated food, water
(e.g., infected food handlers, raw
shellfish)
• Blood exposure (rare)
(e.g., injecting drug use, transfusion)
Global Patterns of Transmission
Endemicity Disea Peak Age of Transmissi
se Infection on
Rate Patterns
High Low to Early childhood Person to person;
High outbreaks uncommon
Moderate High Late Person to person;
childhood/ food and waterborne
young adults outbreaks
Low Low Young adults Person to person;
food and waterborne
outbreaks
Very low Ver Adults Travelers; outbreaks
y uncommon
low
Laboratory Diagnosis
• Acute infection is diagnosed by the
detection of HAV-IgM in serum by EIA.
• Past Infection i.e. immunity is determined
by the detection of HAV-IgG by EIA.
• Cell culture – difficult and take up to 4
weeks, not routinely performed
• Direct Detection
RT-PCR of faeces. Can
detect illness earlier than
serology but rarely
performed.
Properties of HBV
• a member of the hepadnavirus group
• Circular partially double-stranded DNA
viruses
• Replication involves a reverse transcriptase.
HBV Structure & Antigens
Dane particle
HBsAg = surface (coat) protein ( 4 phenotypes : adw, adr, ayw and ayr)
HBcAg = inner core protein (a singleserotype)
HBeAg = secreted protein; function unknown
Open Reading Frames
Replication
Clinical Features
Incubation Average 60-90 days
period: Range 45-180 days
Jaundice by <<5 yrs, <10%
age group: 5 yrs, 30%-50%
1/3 adults-no symptoms
Acute case- 0.5%-1%
fatality rate:
Chronic infection: <5 yrs, 30%-90%
5 yrs, 2%-10%
More likely in
ansymptomatic infections
Premature mortality
from chronic liver 15%-25%
disease
Acute Hepatitis BVirus Infection with Recovery
Symptoms
HBeAg anti-HBe
Total anti-HBc
Titre
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 52 100
Acute Chronic
(6 months) (Years)
HBeAg anti-HBe
HBsAg
Total anti-HBc
Titre
IgM anti-HBc
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 52 Years
Weeks after Exposure
Concentration in Body Fluids
branchedDNA(bDNA) * nonradioisotop
* teknikhibridisasidg. amplifikasisignal
(substratchemiluminescent+molekulbDNA)
* sensitivitasv 1.0 =2,5pg/ml(7.5x10^5c/ml)
v 3.0=2x10^3c/ml