| Table 6.
Overview of viral hepatitis |
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| Virus type | Transmission | Incubation (days) | Serologic diagnosis | Chronicity | |
| HAV | RNA | Fecal-oral | 20-35 | HAV-IgM | No |
| HBV | DNA | Percutaneous,venereal | 60-110 | HBsAg | Adults <5% Preschoolers 25% Neonates >90% |
| HCV | RNA | Percutaneous | 35-75 | anti-HCV | >75% |
| HDV | RNA | Percutaneous,venereal(?) | 60-110 | anti-HDV | Usual in superinfection; rare in co-infection |
| HEV | RNA | Fecal-oral | 10-50 | anti-HEV | No |
| HFV | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| HGV | RNA | Percutaneous | ? | (Research only; HGV-RNA) | Yes |