{"title":"Hepatitis","authors":"C. Szybala, Mollie Parker Szybala, P. Bongiorno","doi":"10.1017/9781108684729.141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684729.141","url":null,"abstract":"Viral hepatitis causes fever, nausea, liver enlargement and tenderness, jaundice, pale stools and loss of appetite. Fifty percent of cases are due to hepatitis A, whereas hepatitis B is considered a sexually transmitted disease (contact with contaminated body fluids). It is important to note that hepatitis B can be transmitted in health care facilities where exposure to sharp instruments with contaminated blood is a possibility. That is why many health care workers, particularly in hospitals, are encouraged to receive hepatitis B vaccinations prior to employment.","PeriodicalId":430037,"journal":{"name":"Fast Facts About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121801280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}