Incubation

• 2 to 7 weeks
• Average 4 weeks

How is it Spread?

• Fecal/oral route
• Person to person contact
• Ingestion of contaminated food or water

Symptoms

• May have none
• Light stools/dark urine
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Nausea/vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Jaundice

Treatment

• Not applicable

Who is at Risk?

• Household or sexual contacts with infected person
• Travelers in developing countries
• Living in area where there is HAV outbreak
• Persons engaging in anal/oral sex
• Injection drug users

Prevention

• Immune globulin within 2 weeks of exposure
• Vaccination
• Washing hands
• Household bleach (10 parts water to 1 part bleach)
• Safer sexual practices

Vaccine

• Yes