KNOW THE ABCs OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
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| Type | Transmission | Vaccine Availability | Complications |
| A | - Person to person (fecal-oral)
- Contaminated water/food | AVAILABLE | - Fulminant hepatitis
- Relapse |
| B | - Via blood or body fluids
- Sexually
- During birth | AVAILABLE | - Fulminant hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Cancer
- Chronic liver disease |
| C | - Via blood
- Transfusion-associated | Not available | - Chronic liver disease
- Cirrhosis
- Cancer |
| D | - Via blood
- Only in presence of active hepatitis B | Not available | - Chronic liver disease
- Fulminant hepatitis |
| E | - Fecal-oral | Not available | - High mortality in pregnant women |
