Hepatitis Health Center
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All forms of hepatitis are caused by viruses. Besides the hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses, the Epstein-Barr virus, the herpes virus, parvovirus and adenovirus can also affect the body's liver as hepatitis does.
The disease can be spread in a variety of ways. It can be spread through food and water contaminated by feces from an infected individual (hepatitis A and E), infected blood or contact with infected blood, sexual contact with an infected individual and from mother to child (hepatitis B, C, and D).