Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is transmitted through fecal-oral infection, and acute hepatitis A infection has been continuously occurring in Korea since the 2000s. Despite ongoing medical and national health policy efforts for the prevention and treatment ...
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is transmitted through fecal-oral infection, and acute hepatitis A infection has been continuously occurring in Korea since the 2000s. Despite ongoing medical and national health policy efforts for the prevention and treatment of acute hepatitis A, sporadic large-scale outbreaks were reported until today. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is also transmitted by fecal-oral infection and the incidence of acute hepatitis E is not high in Korea, but it is one of the causes of acute hepatitis. In the case of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection, there are still many limitations in diagnosis and treatment in worldwide.