periods and clinical symptoms of hepatitis
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Viral hepatitis is viral infection of the liver that causes hepatic inflammation which is followed by the classic icteric symptoms of jaundice and the release of liver enzymes. Periods and clinical symptoms of hepatitis. 1. Incubation period. 2. Preicteric period.3. Icteric period. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Viral hepatitis is viral infection of the liver that causes hepatic inflammation which is followed by the classic icteric symptoms of jaundice and the release of liver enzymes
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Periods and clinical symptoms of hepatitis
Hepatitis B, C or D also cause:- Skin rash- Arthralgia- Weight loss
1. Incubation period.
2. Preicteric period. 3. Icteric period.
4. Recovery.
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Icteric symptoms of liver damage
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Jaundice/Icterus
• Elevated levels of bilirubin in blood is associated with “dark colored” urine.
• Obstructive jaundice causes impairment of excretion into the small intestine.
• This results in the loss of the “normal yellowing” of the stool.
• The stool are “white or achrolic”.
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Classification of Hepatitis VirusesVirus Family Nucleic acid Envelope
HAV Picornaviridae ss +RNA No
HBV Hepadnaviridae Incomplete circular ds –DNA Yes
HCV Flaviviridae ss +RNA Yes
HGV Flaviviridae ss +RNA Yes
HDV Genus Deltavirus ss –RNA Yes
HEV Hepeviridae ss +RNA No
TTV Circinoviridae ss –DNA No
SEN virus Circoviridae ss –DNA No
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Viral hepatitis
Transmission
FOOD & WATER BORN BLOOD BORN
Incubation period
Hepatitis A: 2-6 weeks Hepatitis B: 2-6 months
Hepatitis E: 2-9 weeks Hepatitis C: 2-26 weeks
Hepatitis D: unlimited
Type of hepatitis
Acute Acute, chronic
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Family Picornaviridae. Hepatitis A virus
• Small, non-enveloped
RNA virus with
cubical symmetry.
• One stable serotype only
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Characteristics of HAV• Stable to:
– Saltwater, groundwater (months)– Acid at pH 1– Solvents (ether, chloroform)– Detergents– Drying– Temperature:
• 40C: weeks• 560C for 30 minutes• 610C for 20 minutes
• Inactivated by:– Chlorine treatment of drinking water– Formalin
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Geographic distribution of HAV infection
Every year there are an estimated 1.4 million cases worldwide.
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Hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis)
• 1) is spread:– by the fecal-oral route by ingestion of
contaminated food and water;
– through close physical contact.
• 2) contagious period extends 2-3 weeks before and 8-10 days after onset of jaundice.
Virus may cause asymptomatic shedding.
• 3) does not cause chronic liver disease.• 4) immunity is life-long.
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Spread of HAV within the body
HAV enters the body by ingestion and intestinal infection. Then it spreads by the bloodstream, to the liver, a target organ. Large numbers of virus particles are detectable in feces during the incubation period, beginning as early as 10-14 days after exposure.Pathological changes appear exclusively in the liver.
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Outcomes of Infection with Hepatitis A Virus
Outcome Children Adults
Inapparent (subclinical) infection
80–95% 10–25%
Icteric disease 5–20% 75–90%
Complete recovery > 98% > 98%
Chronic disease None None
Mortality rate 0.1% 0.3–2.1%
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Laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis A• Biochemical tests to study liver function:
- The Bilirubin.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST).
• Serology: ELISA– Acute infection: IgM.
– Past Infection i.e. immunity: IgG.
• Direct demonstration:
– ELISA (detection of antigen in stool),
– RT-PCR of faeces.
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Family Hepeviridae. Hepatitis E virus
• non-enveloped, cubic symmetry, 32-34 nm,
• ss + RNA virus
• 4 genotypes
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Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis E
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Epidemiology of HEV infection
• Contagious period extends from before to after symptoms.
• Transmission - via fecal-orale route by ingestion of contaminated food and water.
• It causes only acute disease.• Life long immunity.• HEV infection is especially
serious in pregnant women (mortality rate about 20 %).
• Transmission through placenta results in death of fetus.
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Family Hepadnaviridae. Hepatitis B virus
The hepatitis B virion (Dane particle): - outer lipid envelope with the surface antigen (HBsAg). - an electron-dense core (nucleocapsid): ds circular DNA and polymerase surrounded by the core antigen (HBcAg).
The HBsAg is produced in excess by the infected hepatocytes and is secreted in the form of spherical and filamentous particles.
HBeAg is the soluble component of the core, with is released during active infection.HBxAg is a transactivator of viral transcription that appears to contribute to HCC by altering patterns of host gene expression.
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Pathway for the replication of HBV
1. Attachment to the cell surface receptor, fusion and releasing the core intothe cytoplasm.
2.The core proteins dissociate from the DNA. 3. Completion of ds DNA by DNA polymerase
and entering the nucleus.4. Formation of a circular episome.5. Transcription of mRNAs. 6. Translation. 7. RNA is encapsidated by core proteins.8. Inside the core, the RNA is transcribed to
minus strand DNA by polymerase called reverse transcriptase.
9.Transcription the minus strand DNA into a plus strand DNA.
10. Budding the virus through the endoplasmic reticulum and/or Golgi Body membranes from which it acquires HBsAg.
11. Shedding of viruses embedded in a lipid bilayer and empty envelopes from HBsAg.
• 1011 new virions are produced every day during acute infection
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Characteristics of HBV• Stable to:
– Acid at pH 2,3– UV radiation– Phenol– Temperature:
• 1000 C for 5 minutes retains infectious activity• 200 C for 3 months• 40 C (in a refrigerator) for 6 months
– Survival: • in dried blood for 4-5 months,• in frozen plasma for 15-20 years,• the presence of gross amounts of blood may interfere with the germicidal
action of disinfectants. • Inactivated by:
– Autoclaving (1200 C for 20 min).– Boiling for 60 minutes.– Chloramine 1-2% for 2 hours.– Ethanol 70-80% for 2 min.– Formalin 1,5 % for 2 min.– Hydrogen peroxide
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Geographic distribution of Chronic HBV Infection400 million carriers worldwide
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Hepatitis B (serum hepatitis)• 1) Transmission:
–parenterally,
–sexually,
–vertically (from mother to fetus),
–close contact (hemocontact).• 2) chronic hepatitis in 10% to 15% of adult
patients, 30-90% of young patients
• 3) is causally associated with primary hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis.
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Epidemiology of HBV infection
• Virus is shed during both symptomatic and asymptomatic periods.
• Transmission:
- In blood, semen, and vaginal secretions, saliva and mother’s milk.
- Via transfusion, needle stick injury, injecting drug use, sex, child-birth, and breast-feeding.
Infective dose is 0.000001 ml of blood.
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High ModerateLow/Not
Detectable
blood semen urineserum vaginal fluid feces
wound exudates saliva sweattearsbreast milk
Concentration of hepatitis B virus in body fluids
Concentration HBV in the blood 109 virions per 1 ml
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High-risk groups for HBV infection
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Spread of
HBV in
the body
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Symptoms of typical acute viral hepatitis B infection
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HBV can multiply in monocytes, T- and B-lymphocytes, NK.Extrahepatic manifestation: glomerulonephritis, vasculitis and ARTHRITIS-DERMATITIS (a serum sickness-like syndrome). These patients experience rash, petechiae, purpura, arthralgia and arthritis. It involves mostly small joints of hands and knees and occurs in the prodrome period, before jaundice appears and resolves within a week.
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Clinical outcomes of acute hepatitis B infection
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CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF HEPATITIS B
Principal considerations:
Asymptomatic carrier: the carrier patient never develops antibodies against HBsAg and harbors the virus without liver injury.
Chronic persistent hepatitis: the patient has a low-grade hepatitis
Chronic active hepatitis: the patient has an acute hepatitis state that continues without the normal recovery (last longer than 6-12 months).
Fulminant hepatitis: severe acute hepatitis with rapid destruction of the liver.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma
A section of a liver removed at liver transplantation showing a massive HCC (in white) and multiple satellite nodules
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Pathology
Symptoms are immune-mediated, resulting from inflammation and cell-mediated (cytotoxic T cell) responses to HBsAg on the surface of hepatocytes. These resolve the disease.
If the cell-mediated immune response is weak, symptoms are mild but the infection does not resolve and chronic hepatitis ensues.
Chronic hepatitis leads to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Both of these are fatal
in the absence of a liver transplant
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HBsAg window• “HBsAg window” - the period from about 6 to 8 months when
neither free HBsAg nor its antibody can be detected.• Anti-HBsAg are undetectable because they are complexed with the large
amount of the antigen that is shed from infected cells. • The best tool for diagnosis of an acute HBV infection during the
window is
the presence of
anti-HBcIgM
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Laboratory markers for HBV infection and their interpretation • HBsAg – present in acute or chronic infection. It is detectable
in the blood from 1 to 6 months after infection.• anti-HBs – marker of recovery and/or immunity to HBV
infection (from about 8 months after infection).
• anti-HBc IgM - marker of recent acute infection (≤6 months). • anti-HBc IgG - past or chronic infection.
• HBeAg - indicates active replication of virus and therefore infectiveness (from 2 to 6 months after infection).
• anti-HBe - virus no longer replicating. However, the patient can still be positive for HBsAg which is made by integrated HBV (from about 4 months after infection).
• DNA - indicates active replication of virus.
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Interpretation of Serological Markers of HBV Infection
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Hepatitis D virus (HDV) - delta agentss, circular (-) RNA virus similar to certain plant viroids. It has delta antigen.- HDV is coated with HBsAg which is needed for release from the host hepatocyte and for entry in the next round of infection.- 3 genotypes.
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Geographic Distribution of HDV Infection•5% of HBV carriers are infected by HDV
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Epidemiology of HDV infection• HDV infects children and adults with underlying
HBV infection.
• Transmission:
- parenterally and sexually;
- vertically (rarely).
- In blood, semen, and vaginal secretions;
- Unsterilized equipment and infusion.
Intravenous drug abusers, transfusion and organ recipients, and hemophiliacs are at highest risk for infection.
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Consequences of delta virus infection
• Co-infection by HDV and HBV exacerbates the acute disease (90%) and fulminant hepatitis (2-4%) is more likely than with HBV alone.
• Superinfection of a person already infected with HBV causes a more rapid, severe progression than co-infection because super-infection requires HBV replication before HDV replication can occur.– about half of the patients exhibit acute hepatitis that resolves – about 10-40% get chronic persistent hepatitis – 7-10% get fulminant hepatitis.
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Laboratory markers for HDV infection
• In an HBV-HDV co-infection:– HDV antigen is detected in about ¼ of patients.
HDV antigen disappears when HBsAg appears, – anti-HDV IgG and IgM are usually seen, – anti-HDV decline as the symptoms resolve and,
unlike anti-HBs, there are no antibodies to show that the patient was once HDV-infected,
– anti-HBs IgG rises.
• In a super-infection by HDV:– HBsAg and HDV RNA remain because super-
infection usually leads to chronic infection. – anti-HDV IgG rises.
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Family Flaviviridae. Hepatitis C and G viruses
Enveloped ss+RNA viruses, 55-65 nm diameter.
14 genotypes of HCV.
5 genotypes of HGV.
Electron micrograph of the hepatitis C viruses
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HCV life cycle• a) Virus binding and internalization, • b) cytoplasmic release and uncoating, • c) translation, • d) RNA replication, • e) packaging and assembly, • f) virion maturation and release.
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Prevalence of hepatitis C infection • 150-500 million carriers worldwide
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Epidemiology of HCV and HGV infection• 85-90% patients will develop chronic disease. • About 50% of chronic carriers of HCV progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer in 10-40 years.
• Transmission:
- parenterally (through sharing
drug-injection equipment or
from transfusion of unscreened
blood or untreated clotting factors),
- sexually,
- perinatally.
- In blood, semen, and vaginal secretions.
- Contagious period extends 2-3 weeks before and 10 weeks after onset of symptoms.
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Routes of transmission of HCV
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Risk factors of hepatitis C
• Blood-to-blood contact (mainly transfusion):it is estimated that 90% of persons with chronic HCV infection were infected through transfusion of unscreened blood or blood products.
• Unsterilized injection equipment and infusion: considered to be the primary sources of HCV infection.
• Sexual intercourse: although this is rare, and usually only occurs when HIV is also present and makes blood contact more likely.
• Dental equipment: People can be exposed to HCV via inadequately or improperly sterilized medical or dental equipment including needles or syringes, oral hygiene instruments, and jet air guns, etc.
• Hemodialysis: The basic problem is that proper sterilization methods are not followed.
• Occupational exposure to blood: Medical and dental personnel, first responders (e.g. surgeons, nurses and emergency medical technicians) can be exposed to HCV through needle sticks or blood spatter to the eyes or open wounds.
• Tattoos: Tattooing dyes, ink pots, piercing implements can transmit HCV-infected blood from one person to another if proper sterilization techniques are not followed.
• Shared personal care items: Such as razors, toothbrushes, cuticle scissors, and other manicuring or pedicure equipment can easily be contaminated with blood carrying the virus, and take care that HCV can live on dried blood for 15 days.
• Vertical transmission: refers to the transmission of a communicable disease from an infected mother to her child during delivery.
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Pathogenesis of HCV infection
• Hepatocytes are target cells for HCV.• CPE – lysis of hepatocytes.• Sensitive cells: monocytes, macrophages, B-
lymphocytes, neutrophiles, cells of bone marrow. • HCV can reproduce in cells of pancreas, adrenal
glands, thyroid glands, spleen.• Immunomediated extrahepatic manifestations:
– vasculitis (malaise, arthralgia, purpura);– glomerulonephritis;– altered nervous system (peripheral nerves, brain).
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Clinical outcomes
of hepatitis С
infection
Immunity is not strong,
reinfection is possible
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Laboratory diagnosis of viral hepatitis
• Biochemical methods: Detection of the level of bilirubin and enzymes ALT, AST in serum.
• Serology:ELISA - Detection of the Ag and antibodies
• Detection of a viral genome: PCR• Rapid immunochromatographic test
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Rapid test• A direct test for the visual detection of hepatitis viruses antigenes or
antibodies in serum. • It is based on the principle of sandwich chromatographic immunoassay. • Its result appears within 15-30 minutes.
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• The test sample is applied to a thin strip of nitrocellulose held in a plastic frame.
• The nitrocellulose is impregnated with antibodies directed against the assayed antigen. These antibodies are labeled with colored gold spheres to permit visual readout of the assay.
• The same antibody, minus the colored spheres, is bound along a line further down the strip.
• When the clinical sample is applied to the strip, it migrates by capillary action towards the opposite end. An antigen that reacts with the
labeled antibodies will also be bound by the immobilized antibodies as the complex moves down the strip. The result is a visible colored line on the filter indicating that antigen is present in the sample.
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Vaccines
• Against Hepatitis A
Havrix (inactivated)
• Against Hepatitis B (recombinant)
- Monovaccines (HBsAg – genetic engineering):
Engerix B
H-B-Vax
Recombivax B
- Divaccines:
Twinrix (inactivated HAV + HBsAg)
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Recombinant
vaccine
production
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Treatment
• Hepatitis B:• Anti-HBV immunoglobuline
• Alpha-interferon
• Lamivudine
• Adefovir
• Hepatitis C:
• Alpha-interferon + Ribavirine
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Treatment• Anti-HBV immune globulin is effective soon after exposure. It
can also be given neonatally to children of HBsAg-positive mothers. Ideally, the immune globulin should be administered within 24 hours of birth or exposure and is probably not effective after one week from exposure.
• Interferon - for HBeAg +ve carriers with chronic active hepatitis. Response rate is 30 to 40%.
• Lamivudine - a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Well tolerated, most patients will respond favorably. However, tendency to relapse on cessation of treatment. Another problem is the rapid emergence of drug resistance.
• Adefovir – less likely to develop resistance than Lamivudine and may be used to treat Lamivudine resistance HBV. However more expensive and toxic
• Entecavir – most powerful antiviral known, similar to Adefovir• Successful response to treatment will result in the
disappearance of HBsAg, HBV-DNA, and seroconversion to anti-HBeAg.
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Familly Circinoviridae. Transfusion Transmitted Virus (TTV)
Non-enveloped circular ss (-) DNA virus.16 genotypes.
• The virus has been found worldwide with an extraordinarily high prevalence of chronic viremia in apparently healthy people, up to nearly 100% in some countries.
• TTV-DNA was detected:– in 47% of patients with fulminant hepatitis,– In 46% of patients with chronic liver, – in patients with liver cirrhosis,– and hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Virus DNA is not integrated in tumour cells, which may suggest that the virus is a passenger rather that causative of the tumour.
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Transfusion Transmitted Virus• Transmission:
- by parenteral exposure to blood, - sexually, - enterally (fecal-oral), - from mother to child.
• The detection of TTV in saliva, nasopharyngeal secretions, skin and hair might imply that household contact transmission is also possible.
• The highest detection rates amongst: – polytransfused, – thalassemic, – long-term hemodialysis patients, – hemophiliacs treated with the nonvirally inactivated clotting-
factor concentrates, – intravenous drug abusers.
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Family Circoviridae. Hepatitis SEN virus
Non-enveloped circular ss (-) DNA virus.
8 genotypes.
Transmission:
• via blood-product transfusion,
• via parenteral drug use,
• via iatrogenic means in a hospital setting,
• sexually,
• perinatally, or by other means.
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Hepatitis SEN virus• The majority of patients who acquire de novo
transfusion-associated SEN-V infection appear to clear the virus with time. – In the National Institute of Health (NIH) study, 77% of
post-transfusion infected patients cleared the virus, in the majority within a 6-month period after infection.
• Nonetheless, a few patients did not clear the virus for years, and 13% appeared to have chronic SEN-V infection. – It is unknown whether these chronically-infected patients
would eventually clear the virus if followed over many years (i.e., decades).