Transcription of Appendix A: Disease-Specific Chapters
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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Infectious Diseases Protocol Appendix A: Disease-Specific Chapters Chapter: Hepatitis A Revised March 2017 Health and Long-Term Care Hepatitis A Communicable Virulent Health Protection and Promotion Act: Ontario Regulation 558/91 Specification of Communicable Diseases Health Protection and Promotion Act: Ontario Regulation 559/91 Specification of Reportable Diseases Aetiologic Agent Hepatitis A infection is caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), a 27-nanometer picornavirus, positive-strand RNA virus. It has been classified as a member of the family Case Definition Surveillance Case Definition See Appendix B Outbreak Case Definition Outbreak case definitions are established to reflect the disease and circumstances of the outbreak under investigation.
3.0 Identification 3.1 Clinical Presentation Typically, hepatitis A is an acute, self-limiting liver infection. Clinical presentation varies
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