HEPATITIS A

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Hepatitis A, also known as infectious hepatitis or epidemic hepatitis, is an ancient disease of the liver affecting children and adults worldwide.  It occurs sporadically. The usual form of transmission is oral-fecal and it  is commonly spread in crowded and unsanitary conditions. Hepatitis A can be transmitted by eating undercooked shellfish from waters contaminated by human feces. Morbidity is rare. Good hygiene and vaccinations can help prevent outbreaks.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides  

Tibbs, Christopher J. and Heather M. Smith. Clinician's guide to viral hepatitis.
        WC 536 T422 2001

Wilson, Walter R. et al (eds.).  Current diagnosis & treatment in infectious diseases. p.431-4.
         REF WC 100 C872 2001

Feldman, Mark et al (eds.).  Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease:  pathophysiology, diagnosis, management. 7th ed. p. 1278-85.
         REF WI 100 G2 2002

Ulrich, Susan Puderbaugh and Suzanne Weyland Canale.  Nursing care planning guides: for adults in acute, extended, and home care settings.  6th ed. p. 702-12. 
          WY 49 U474 2005

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Friedman, Lawrence S. and Emmet B. Keeffe (eds.).  Handbook of liver diseases.  2nd ed.
        WI 39 H264 2004

Mandell, Gerald L. et al (ed.). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases.  5th ed. p.1920-40.
        REF WC 100.3 P75 2000

Mushahwar, I.K. (ed.). Viral Hepatitis: molecular biology, diagnosis, epidemiology, and control.
        WC 536 V473 2004 

Zuckerman Arie J. and Howard C. Thomas.  Viral Hepatitis. 2nd ed. p. 1-76
         WC 536 V577 1998

Selected textbooks

Specter, Steven. (ed.).  Viral Hepatitis: diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. p. 7-33
        WC 536 V572 1999

Kasper Dennis L. et al (eds.). Harrison's principles of internal medicine.  16th ed. p.1822-38
        REF WB 115 H3 2005

Goldin, R.D. et al (eds.).  Pathology of viral hepatitis.  
         WC 536 P273 1998

More books  

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Hepatitis Viruses

Selected journals 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog  

Suggested subject headings: Communicable Diseases - Periodicals
Epidemiology  - Periodicals
Infection - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts  

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested subject headings: Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus, Human

UpToDate (Available on campus only)

                     Suggested search term:   Hepatitis A

CINAHL  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested Subject heading Hepatitis A

Selected journal articles  

Wasley A. et al. Incidence of hepatitis A in the United States in the era of vaccination.  JAMA.  2005 Jul 13; 294(2):246-8.

Nainan OV. et al.  Hepatitis A molecular epidemiology in the United States, 1996-1997: sources of infection and implication of vaccination policy. Journal of Infectious Diseases.  2005 Mar 15; 191(6):957-63.

Wilson TR.  The ABCs of hepatitis.  Nurse Practitioner: American Journal of Primary Health Care. 2005  Jun; 30(6):12-5, 18, 20-3.

Wheeler C. et al. An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with green onions.  New England Journal of Medicine.  2005 Sep 1; 353(9):890-7.

Potter MA. et al. Cross-sector leadership development for preparedness. Public Health Reports. 2005; 120 Suppl 1:109-15.

More reference sources

Ou, J.H. James (ed.).  Hepatitis viruses 
        QW 170 H472 2002

Hollinger, F. Blaine et al.   Viral hepatitis. p. 1-42. 
        WC 536 V472 2002

Specialized sources

Department of Medicine. Infectious Diseases.  601-984-5560.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Shehla Islam, MD. spislam@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

CDC. Viral Hepatitis A
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/a/index.htm

Mayo Clinic. Hepatitis A
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00397

MedlinePlus. Hepatitis A
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatitisa.html

HepNet: The Hepatitis Information Network. Hepatitis A.
http://www.hepnet.com/hepa.html

US FDA. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition. Hepatitis A Virus
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap31.html

Author:  Helvi McCall
Copyright 2005 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson