[donofitaly]

Hello to all fellow members,

I was listening to Goljan Audio lectures and he mentions that the most common viral hepatitis is Hep.A followed alphabetically by B,C,D and E.

However in the 3rd Edition of RR, it says Hep.B accounts for 45% of cases while Hep.A accounts for 37% of cases.

So which one is more common?

 

[ashishkabir]

Tough question

So, it seems that from wrongdiagnosis.com - HepB and C and the most common:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/viral_hepatitis/incidence-types.htm

But the CDC report seems to imply B and then the others (A then C):
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5803.pdf

So, possibly the A, B, C, D, E order Goljan talked about is old? These resources are newer so the info here is probably more accurate. Someone have something more definitive though please post....