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 * __How common is Hepatitis A?__**

Even though Hepatitis A isn't a very severe disease, it is very contaigous. The Hepatitis A virus is quite possibly the most infectious out of all the Hepatitis viruses. In the United States alone, there are a total of approximately 125,000 to 200,000 cases of Hepatitis A infections. But only about 84,000 to 134,000 HAV carriers show symptoms, which is a good thing as the patients usually recover on their own without any medication. However, there are still severe conscequences which present in some cases. Every year in the US, around 100 people die of Hepatitis A, it is a small number but HAV is still a disease that we need to be cautious of.



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