Back التهاب كبدي فيروسي Arabic Вируслы гепатит BA Hepatitis vírica Catalan Virová hepatitida Czech ވައިރަލް ހެޕަޓައިޓިސް DV Virusa hepatito EO Hepatitis viral Spanish Hépatite virale French דלקת כבד נגיפית HE Վիրուսային հեպատիտ HY
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| Micrograph showing ground glass hepatocytes, which are seen in chronic hepatitis B infections (a type of viral hepatitis), and represent accumulations of viral antigen in the endoplasmic reticulum. H&E stain. | |
| Specialty | Infectious diseases, gastroenterology  |
Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection.[1][2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).[3]
The most common causes of viral hepatitis are the five unrelated hepatotropic viruses hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Other viruses can also cause liver inflammation, including cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, and yellow fever. There also have been scores of recorded cases of viral hepatitis caused by herpes simplex virus.[4]
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