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Hepatitis A Learning Center
- Intravenous drug use
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Fecal-oral transmission
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Exposure to Infected Blood
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Living in residential institution
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Contaminated Food Intake
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Contaminated Water Intake
- travelers visiting ...
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Exposure to Infected Bodily Secretions
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Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs, or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs. See also: Drug abuse and dependence; Drug abuse first aid.
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Injection drug use (IDU) contributes to considerable illness burden in both developed and developing countries. Transmission of blood-borne pathogens (e.g., HIV, hepatitis B and C virus, Human T-Cell Lymphotrophic viruses I and II, and malaria) oc...
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Endemic means a disease occurs frequently, and with predictable regularity, in a specific area or population. For example, chicken pox occurs at a high and predictable rate among American school children.
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