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Descriptor English: Hepatitis A
Descriptor Spanish: Hepatitis A
Descriptor hepatitis A
Entry term(s) hepatitis infecciosa
Scope note: INFLAMACIÓN del HÍGADO de los seres humanos causada por un miembro del género HEPATOVIRUS, el VIRUS DE LA HEPATITIS A HUMANA. Se puede transmitir por contaminación fecal de los alimentos o el agua.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hepatite A
Descriptor French: Hépatite A
Entry term(s): Hepatitides, Infectious
Hepatitis, Infectious
Infectious Hepatitides
Infectious Hepatitis
Tree number(s): C01.925.440.420
C01.925.782.687.359.500
C06.552.380.705.422
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006506
Scope note: INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 77; was HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS 1963-76
Online Note: use HEPATITIS A to search HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS 1966-76
History Note: 77; was HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS 1963-76
DeCS ID: 6658
Unique ID: D006506
NLM Classification: WC 536
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/13
Hepatitis A - Preferred
Concept UI M0010206
Scope note INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.
Preferred term Hepatitis A
Entry term(s) Hepatitides, Infectious
Hepatitis, Infectious
Infectious Hepatitides
Infectious Hepatitis



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