Hepatitis A

• • Developed countries due to poor hygiene (fecal-oral transmission)
  • 3 out of 4 get symptoms : jaundice (first eyes), dark urine, nausea, fever, fatigue, loss of apetite, stomach ache, vomitting
  • 28D incubation period; 15% relapses 9M after infection; General low mortality, but increased in 50+
  • No chronic carrier
  • Havrix : inactivated viral strain HM175 (IM)