KnoxNews
April 20, 2005
Transmitted person-to-person by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with infected feces. Infected food handlers can pass virus through food or beverages. Also transmitted on improperly cleaned diaper-handling tables and through raw/partially-cooked shellfish from waters containing raw sewage.
Infected person can transmit two weeks before symptoms occur.
Symptoms include jaundice, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine/light stools, fever. One in 100 have severe, sudden infection that may require liver transplant.
Symptoms appear 2-6 weeks after exposure.
Injection of immune serum globulin antibody can protect against virus 2-3 months.