Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis A and E

Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis A Virus Infection

September 2008

This is a geographic distribution of Hepatitis A virus infection in the world. Those countries or regions shown in red are those with high prevalence of Hepatitis A infection whereas those with yellow or white are those with low or very low prevalence of infection.  So you can see then in North America, the population is relatively low in prevalence for Hepatitis A.

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• Introduction
• Patient Case
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis A Virus Infection
• Hepatitis A Epidemiology
• Hepatitis A Virus Infection Typical Serologic Course
• Hepatitis A Diagnosis
• Assay Methods for HAV Serologic Markers
• Patient Case
• Interpretation of HAV Serologic Marker Test Results
• Patient Case
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Year
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Age
• Trends in Epidemiologic Characteristics
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Race/Ethnicity
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis E Epidemiology
• Hepatitis E Virus Infection
• Hepatitis E Diagnosis
• Summary Hepatitis A
• Summary Hepatitis E
• Questions?
• Disclosure