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Hepatitis A, Acute

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2000 Case Definition

Clinical case definition

An acute illness with a) discrete onset of symptoms and b) jaundice or elevated serum aminotransferase levels

Laboratory criteria for diagnosis:

Immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) positive

Case classification

Confirmed: a case that meets the clinical case definition and is laboratory confirmed

a case that meets the clinical case definition and occurs in a person who has an epidemiologic link with a person who has laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A (i.e., household or sexual contact with an infected person during the 15-50 days before the onset of symptoms)

Hepatitis A, Acute

2000 Case Definition

Clinical case definition

Laboratory criteria for diagnosis:

Case classification

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