title: [Hepatitis A to E: current diagnosis].
abstract: Diagnosis of viral hepatitis is based on epidemiologic data (information about travels, blood transfusions, contacts with persons suffering from hepatitis, etc.) and on results of physical examination and laboratory investigations. Usually, serologic and genomic analysis lead to the specific proof of the viral etiology: HAV, HBV/HDV, HCV and HEV. If these infections are not detected, nonviral causes of hepatopathy should be investigated (i.e. toxic, pharmaco-toxic, metabolic, immunologic, etc.).
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies
vernacular_title: Hepatitis A bis E: aktuelle Diagnostik.