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Clinical
criteria
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An acute illness
with:
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discrete onset
of symptoms (e.g. fatigue, abdominal pain, loss
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of appetite, intermittent nausea, vomiting),
and
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jaundice or
elevated serum aminotransferase levels
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Laboratory
criteria
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IgM antibody to
hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) positive
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Case
Classification
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Confirmed. A case
that meets the clinical case definition and is
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laboratory
confirmed or a case that meets the clinical case definition
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and occurs in a
person who has an epidemiologic link with a person
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who has
laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A (i.e., household or sexual
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contact with an
infected person during the 15-50 days before the onset
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of symptoms).
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