Hepatitis A - Hepatitis A

Japanese: Ａ型肝炎 - えーがたかんえん

…Hepatitis can be transmitted through epidemics, blood transfusions, or sporadic infections. Epidemic hepatitis is only seen with hepatitis A, and post-transfusion hepatitis (so-called serum hepatitis) does not include hepatitis A, but 10% is hepatitis B, and the remaining 80-90% is hepatitis C. Sporadic hepatitis is about 20% type A, about 20% type B, and the rest type C. …

From [Liver function test]

…The HA virus is transmitted through food and causes hepatitis epidemics. This type of hepatitis (hepatitis A) does not become chronic, and by the time jaundice appears, the virus is usually no longer found in the feces, but it can be diagnosed because the HA antibody titer in serum increases. The HB virus is transmitted through blood (hepatitis B). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Hepatitis A" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…肝炎の感染形式には，流行によるもの，輸血によるもの，散発的なものがある。流行性肝炎はA型肝炎のみにみられ，輸血後肝炎(いわゆる血清肝炎)にはA型肝炎はなく，B型肝炎が10％，残りの80～90％がC型肝炎である。散発性肝炎は，A型が約20％，B型が約20％，残りがC型である。…