Hepatitis

Brand: GIANTmicrobes
SKU: GMUS-PD-0380
UPC: 890242000971
Ages: 3








Description/Features

This viral infection is mostly spread through contaminated needles or medical equipment, but it can spread through unsafe sex, unscreened blood transfusions, or childbirth.

• HAV is spread primarily by unsanitary food and water

• HBV is transmitted in bodily fluids and can cause chronic liver disease

• HCV is perhaps the most dangerous: no vaccine is available

• HDV occurs only in the presence of HBV

• HEV is relatively mild and non-chronic

• HFV and HGV are newly identified; their connection with liver disease is debated