is hepatitis a sexually transmitted?
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Hepatitis A is a virus found in human faeces (poo). It's usually passed on through contaminated food and water, but it's also a sexually transmitted infection (STI) passed on by having sex without a condom or dental dam (particularly anal sex), fingering and rimming, or sharing sex toys with someone who has the virus.
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Transmission. The hepatitis A virus is transmitted primarily by the faecal-oral route; that is when an uninfected person ingests food or water that has been contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. In families, this may happen though dirty hands when an infected person prepares food for family members.
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Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is shed in feces but also in saliva. HAV RNA was detected in saliva in five out of six acutely infected patients with HAV viremia.
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The hepatitis A virus is spread by feces (stool) through close personal contact or contaminated food and water. Even a very small or not visible amount of feces can carry this virus. There is a vaccine to prevent hepatitis A infection. The hepatitis B virus is spread through blood and body fluids, like semen.
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You may get hepatitis B if you have unprotected sex with someone who is infected. The virus can pass to you if the person's blood, saliva, semen or vaginal secretions enter your body. Sharing of needles. HBV easily spreads through needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood.
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Hepatitis A is a communicable (or contagious) disease that spreads from person-to-person. It is spread almost exclusively through fecal-oral contact, generally from person-to-person, or via contaminated food or water. Food contaminated with the virus is the most common vehicle transmitting hepatitis A.
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You can get Hepatitis A if you have contact with infected feces. The most common way this happens is through swallowing contaminated food or water.
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Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV causes the liver to swell and prevents it from working well. HAV usually goes away on its own in almost all cases with no serious complications. However, HAV may cause some patients to suffer liver failure.
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Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily by exposure to blood containing the hepatitis C virus. Current research suggests that if you're in a long-term, monogamous relationship with a partner who has hepatitis C, your risk of contracting hepatitis C is quite low — unless you also have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Hepatitis B is not transmitted by casual contact. For example, hospital employees who have no contact with blood, blood products, or blood-contaminated fluids are at no greater risk than the general public.
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Hepatitis B cannot be transmitted by any insect bites, including mosquitos. Diseases such as yellow fever and malaria are transmitted by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes and other insects are not efficient vectors for viral hepatitis. There are no known cases worldwide of transmission by mosquito.
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Gonorrhea. This is another bacterial STD only spread through unprotected sex, not saliva from kissing. Hepatitis. This is a liver condition typically caused by a virus that can be spread through sexual contact or exposure to the blood of someone with the infection, but not through kissing.
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Hepatitis B spreads through contact with infected blood, semen, or other bodily fluids. Hepatitis C spreads through contact with infected blood.
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Adults at increased risk for hepatitis A. Adults who are at risk for hepatitis A can also get vaccinated. The shot is given in 2 doses — adults get each dose 6 to 18 months apart.
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Hepatitis B is easily transmitted through sexual activity. Sexual contact is the most common way hepatitis B is spread in the United States. Among adults seeking treatment in STD clinics, as many as 10%–40% have evidence of past or current hepatitis B virus infection.
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You can contract hepatitis C by coming into direct contact with an infected person's blood. It can also be transmitted by contact with bodily fluids including saliva or semen of an infected person, but this is rare.
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Viral hepatitis is an infection that affects the liver. There are at least six different types of hepatitis (A-G), with the three most common types being hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis A is an acute infection and people usually improve without treatment.