Hepatitis A, Acute
2000 Case Definition
Clinical case definition
An acute illness with a) discrete onset of symptoms and b) jaundice or elevated serum aminotransferase levels
Laboratory criteria for diagnosis:
Immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) positive Case classification
Confirmed: a case that meets the clinical case definition and is laboratory confirmed
or
a case that meets the clinical case definition and occurs in a person who has an epidemiologic link with a person who has laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A (i.e., household or sexual contact with an infected person during the 15-50 days before the onset of symptoms)
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