Hepatitis A — United States
Hepatitis A infection is a vaccine-preventable illness. The primary means of hepatitis A virus (HAV) transmission in the USA is typically person-to-person through the fecal-oral route (i.e., ingestion of something that has been contaminated with the feces of an infected person) (1). Symptoms include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, clay-colored bowel movements, joint pain, and jaundice. Although rare, atypical extra hepatic manifestations include
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