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Photos of the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
An electron micrograph of the Hepatitis A virus (HAV), an RNA virus that can survive up to a month at room temperature.
From the National Center for HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/slideset/hep_a/slide_3.htm
This is an electron micrograph of HAV that causes hepatitis A.
Images of People Affected by the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
The viral disease Hepatitis A is manifested here as icterus, or jaundice of the conjunctivae and facial skin.
From the Immunization Action Coalition
www.vaccineinformation.org/hepa/photos.asp (exit)
Man with jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes).
Additional Images and Regulations
- Immunization Action Coalition (exit)
- CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (exit)
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Content last reviewed on May 14, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases