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Hepatitis A: guidance, data and analysis

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Infectious diseases
• Published: 4 December 2009
• Last updated: 27 March 2015, see all updates

The symptoms, diagnosis, management and epidemiology of hepatitis A.

Hepatitis A virus infection causes a range of illness from mild, like non specific nausea and vomiting, through to hepatitis (liver inflammation, jaundice, or icterus) and rarely liver failure.

It is normally spread by the faecal-oral route but can also be spread occasionally through blood.

Good hygiene including safe drinking water and food handling and good handwashing practice prevents infection.

Diagnosis

1. Blood borne virus unit (BBVU): services

   • 27 January 2017
   • Guidance

2. Clinical services unit (CSU): reference and diagnostic services

   • 23 January 2017
   • Guidance

3. Infection control in schools

   • 2 September 2014
   • Guidance

Management

1. Hepatitis A: oral fluid testing for household contacts

   • 14 April 2015
   • Form

2. Hepatitis A: the green book, chapter 17

   • 4 December 2013
   • Guidance

3. Immunoglobulin: when to use

   • 21 August 2017
   • Guidance

4. Hepatitis A infection: prevention and control guidance

   • 14 July 2017
   • Guidance

5. Infection control in schools

   • 2 September 2014
   • Guidance

Data collection

1. Hepatitis A: case questionnaire

   • 29 June 2017
   • Form

2. Acute hepatitis A and E, confirmed hepatitis C: reporting form

   • 6 June 2008
   • Form

3. Hepatitis: form for reporting cases from GUM to HPTs

   • 21 October 2015
   • Form

Epidemiology

PHE routinely publishes laboratory reports of hepatitis A infections in the Health Protection Report: latest infection reports.

For volume 7 (2013) and earlier reports, see the HPR archive.

1. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2016

   • 11 August 2017
   • Research and analysis

2. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2015

   • 22 July 2016
   • Research and analysis

3. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2014

   • 24 July 2015
   • Research and analysis

4. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2013

   • 25 April 2014
   • Research and analysis

Document information

Published: 4 December 2009

Updated: 27 March 2015

+ full page history

1. 27 March 2015 Added 'Hepatitis A case questionnaire'
2. 4 December 2009 First published.

From: Public Health England

Part of: Infectious diseases