Viral Hepatitis

Part 1 Overview of viral hepatitis: approach to diagnosis; general therapeutic measures; acute viral hepatitis treatment summary. Part 2 Hepatitis A: clinical manifestations; uncommon clinical circumstances; diagnosis; infectivity; epidemiology; prevention; treatment; acute hepatitis A treatment summary. Part 3 Hepatitis A vaccine: production; safety; immunogenicity; efficacy; high-risk groups; children; combined active and passive immunization; simultaneous vaccination against hepatitis A and B; pre- and post-antibody testing. Part 4 Acute hepatitis B: introduction; the virus; acute hepatitis B; uncommon clinical features of acute hepatitis B; laboratory findings; diagnosis of acute infection; natural history of acute hepatitis B; infectivity; medical advice for patients with acute hepatitis B; acute hepatitis B evaluation and treatment. Part 5 Chronic hepatitis B: pathology; clinical evaluation; natural history of chronic hepatitis B; extrahepatic manifestations; medical advice for chronic carriers of hepatitis B; summary - chronic carriers of hepatitis B. Part 6 Special circumstances with HBV: pregnancy; pediatric issues; HBV in adolescents; difficult serology; coinfection with hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Part 7 Prevention of hepatitis B: hepatitis B vaccine; efficacy, safety; hepatitis B immunoglobulin; universal vaccination of children; issues concerning universal vaccination of infants; pre-exposure vaccination; post-exposure treatment; post-vaccination testing; non-responders to vaccination; duration of antibody response - are boosters necessary?; vaccine storage and shipment; conclusion. Part 8 Treatment of hepatitis B: efficacy; adverse effects of alpha-interferon; patient selection; transplantation for end-stage liver disease due to hepatitis B; summary of treatment for advanced liver disease due to hepatitis B. Part 9 Diagnosis and transmission of hepatitis C: discovery; diagnostic testing; difficult serology; epidemiology and transmission; summary of diagnosis and transmission of hepatitis C. Part 10 Clinical features of hepatitis C: clinical features; pathology; natural history; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic active hepatitis; progression; summary of natural history; complications of chronic HCV infection; evaluation of patients with chronic hepatitis C. Part 11 Special topics in hepatitis C. Part 12 Treatment of hepatitis C. Part 13 Delta hepatitis. Part 14 Hepatitis E. Part 15 Fulminant hepatic failure.