Similarities and Differences between Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

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Question 1
Similarities
Both strains of hepatitis are a result of a virus that causes liver inflammation.
Both have similar signs namely jaundice, loss of appetite, fever, nausea, coloured urine, and
diarrhoea.
Differences
Hepatitis B Hepatitis C
Causes Caused by Hepatitis B virus
(HBV)
Caused by hepatitis C virus
(HCV)
Spread Found in some body fluids
and flood.
It is spread when the fluid or
infected blood enters a
healthy person’s body who
is not immune.
Also spread through
unprotected sex with
infected individual.
The virus is found in some
body fluids and is the blood.
The diseases is spread when
the fluid or infected blood
enters a healthy person’s
body.
It is spread through needle
sharing or exposure to sharp
objects while at work.
It is can also be spread from
the mother with HCV to an
infant during delivery.
Chronic infection Chronic infection accounts
for 90% of children infected
during delivery, 30% of
children infected between 1-
5 years old. 25% with
chronic infection advance to
chronic liver illness
Chronic infection takes
place in 75%-85% of those
freshly infected whereas
70% with chronic infection
advance to chronic liver
illness
Symptoms Approximately 90 days
incubation period
Approximately 45 days
incubation period
(CDC, 2018).
Question 2
i. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
ii. Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
iii. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
(CDC, 2010)
Question 3
i. Sand fly fever
ii. CCHF
iii. Q fever