Hepatitis A fact sheet

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Hepatitis A Attorney

What is Hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis A virus. This virus is a gastrointestinal virus. If you have ever had Hepatitis A you can not get it again.

How can you be exposed to the Hepatitis A virus?
Anyone can be exposed to the Hepatitis A virus. Hepatitis A virus is found in the stool of an infected person. The Hepatitis A virus is spread by close personal contact with someone who has the infection. People more likely to have close personal contact with an infected person would be:

--children and adults attending or working in day care centers where an infected person attended or worked

--household contacts of infected persons

--eating food prepared by an infected person

--sex partners of infected persons

--persons traveling in countries where Hepatitis A is common

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