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Hepatitis A : Risk Factors

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Risk Factors List

  • Fecal-oral transmission
  • Exposure to Infected Blood
  • Living in residential institution
  • Contaminated Food Intake
  • Contaminated Water Intake
  • Exposure to Infected Bodily Secretions

Specific Risk Factors Articles

Drug abuse
Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs, or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs.Substance abuse; Illicit drug abuse; Narcotic abuse; Hallucinogen abuse.MARIJUANA(also called"grass,""pot,""reefer,""joint,""hashish,""cannabis,""weed,...
Source:ADAM
Date:January 15, 2009
Injection Drug Use and Hiv Infection
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) occu...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Endemic
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.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 21, 2009
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