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Hepatitis A: guidance, data and analysis

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

Published 4 December 2009
Last updated 9 October 2019 — see all updates

• From: Public Health England

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

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
   • 14 October 2019
   • Guidance
4. Hepatitis A infection: prevention and control guidance
   • 16 November 2018
   • 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. Hepatitis A (England and Wales): 2019
   • 25 October 2019
   • Research and analysis
2. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2018
   • 9 August 2019
   • Research and analysis
3. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2017
   • 16 August 2018
   • Research and analysis
4. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2016
   • 11 August 2017
   • Research and analysis
5. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2015
   • 22 July 2016
   • Research and analysis
6. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2014
   • 24 July 2015
   • Research and analysis
7. Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C: 2013
   • 25 April 2014
   • Research and analysis

Published 4 December 2009
Last updated 9 October 2019 + show all updates

1. 9 October 2019 Added 2018 and 2019 reports to the epidemiology section.
2. 3 August 2018 Added 2017 reports to the epidemiology section.
3. 27 March 2015 Added 'Hepatitis A case questionnaire'
4. 4 December 2009 First published.