Hepatitis A is caused by eating food and drinking water infected with a virus called HAV.

It
can also be caused by anal-oral contact during sex. While it can cause swelling and
inflammation in the liver, it doesn't lead to chronic, or life long, disease. Almost everyone
who gets hepatitis A has a full recovery. Incubation 15 – 50 days

Hepatitis B is caused by the virus HBV. It is spread by contact with an infected person's
blood, semen, or other body fluid. And, it is a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
Hepatitis C is caused by the virus HCV. It is spread the same way as hepatitis B, through
contact with an infected person's blood, semen, or body fluid (see above). Like hepatitis B,
hepatitis C causes swelling of the liver and can cause liver damage that can lead to
cancer. Most people who have hepatitis C develop a chronic infection. This may lead to a
scarring of the liver, called cirrhosis. Blood banks test all donated blood for hepatitis C,
greatly reducing the risk for getting the virus from blood transfusions or blood products. 21
– 140 days (avg=7weeks)

Hepatitis D is caused by the virus HDV. You can only get hepatitis D if you are already
infected with hepatitis B. It is spread through contact with infected blood, dirty needles that
have HDV on them, and unprotected sex (not using a condom) with a person infected with
HDV. Hepatitis D causes swelling of the liver. Incubation: 14 – 56 days

Hepatitis E is caused by the virus HEV. You get hepatitis E by drinking water infected with
the virus. This type of hepatitis doesn't often occur in the U.S. It causes swelling of the
liver, but no long-term damage. It can also be spread through oral-anal contact. Incubation:
15 – 64 days

Hepatitis G
This is the most recently discovered hepatitis virus, first isolated in a blood sample of a
Chicago surgeon. It looks a lot like HCV-that is, it shares about 85 percent of its genetic
sequence with that virus. But so far, it doesn't seem to be infectious or to cause illness.
Hepatitis F: It was formerly believed that a virus isolated from rare blood samples was
able to cause hepatitis, and this virus was designated hepatitis F virus. Further
investigation has failed to confirm the existence of this virus. There is no known hepatitis F
virus.

SLH is a referral facility for Infectious/ Communicable Diseases. It is one of the retained
special tertiary hospital of the Department of Health (DOH) which is subsidized by the
national government.

The hospital has a 500-bed capacity that provides free health care delivery service
particularly among the depressed, underserved and underprivileged sectors of the society.
Since 1986, cases of HIV/AIDS were admitted to this hospital.

SLH was founded in 1577 as a dispensary clinic in Intramuros by Spanish Frey Juan
Clemente. It became a hospital in 1578 for patient suffering from leprosy and other
diseases.
In 1784, SLH was relocated to Hacienda Mayhaligue, the present site, through a Royal
Decree from the King of Spain. A chapel was built and its premises enclosed with stone
walls by Frey Felix Huerta in 1859.

The American run the hospital in 1898 as a contagious disease hospital, after 320 years of
Spanish governance.

It was only in 1918 that Filipinos started operating the hospital. From 1930-31, insane
patients were transferred to National Mental Hospital ( National Center for Mental Health).
In 1949, patients with leprosy were located to Tala Leprosarium, now Jose N. Rodriquez
Memorial Hospital.

San Lazaro Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in the country. It was founded in 1557
as a dispensary clinic in Intramuros by Spanish Frey Juan Clemente. The clinic then
became a hospital in 1578 for leprosy patient and other diseases.
The hospital is located in Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila. Many people who pass it daily may not
realize that the San Lazaro Hospital, on Rizal Avenue, is a small part of a place known before as the
“Hacienda Mayhaligue”.

The hospital was run by the Spanish government for 320 years before the Americans took
over in running the hospital in 1898 and converted it into a contagious disease hospital. In
1918, the Filipinos take over the operations of the institution. The mental health cases
were transferred to the National Mental Hospital in 1930-1931. And later in 1942, leprosy
stricken patients were relocated to Tala Leprosarium or what is know today as the Jose
Rodriguez Memorial Hospital.
The Present San Lazaro Hospital is one of the referral facilities for infectious and communicable
diseases of the government. In 1986, some cases of HIV and AIDS patient were admitted to the
hospital. As one of the government hospitals, San Lazaro Hospital provides free health care for the
depressed and underprivileged sectors in the society.

Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) is an inflammation of the liver characterized by the presence of

inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ.

After oral inoculation the virus is transported across the intestinal epithelium by a poorly
understood transport mechanism. After travelling through the mesenteric veins to the liver, the virus
enters hepatocytes, where replication of HAV occurs exclusively within the cytoplasm via RNA-
dependent polymerase. Exact mechanism of injury is not proven, but there is evidence suggesting
the role of a cell-mediated immune response, as shown to be mediated by HLA-restricted, HAV-
specific CD8+ T lymphocytes, and natural killer cells. [20] [21] [22] The role of interferon gamma
in promoting clearance of infected hepatocytes has been described. [20] An excessive host response
(observable clinically by a marked degree of reduction of HAV RNA during acute infection) is
associated with severe hepatitis. [23] HAV is then shed from the hepatocyte to the sinusoids and bile
canaliculi, and then to the intestines through bile, whereby faecal excretion occurs