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Viruses, which cause Hepatitis, are not transmitted through

A

air

B

water

C

Food

D

personal contact

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a) Hepatitis is a disease in which the liver becomes enlarged. The symptoms of the disease is the yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, as condition referred to a jaundice. The yellowing is because of the absence of excessive bilirubin (a bile pigment) in the blood. Viral hepatitis is caused by different strains of the hepatits virus and the hepatitis caused is named after it. Thus, we have, hepatits. A to heptatis-G, named after the strais A,B,C,D,E,F and G. Some of these straints (e.g., hepatits-A) get transmitted through contaminated food or water. Other, (e.g., heptatits- B) get transmitted throgh blood, semen, saliva and breast milk.
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