- Epidemiology: transmission routes; relation of age to chance of infection
- Relation of clinical features to presence of virus in blood/ faeces & derangement of LFTs
- Typical clinical features
- Basis of diagnosis as being via anti-HAV IgM and its persistence in blood
- Standard medical management and measures to reduce transmission rates
- Epidemiology and pathogenesis: an appreciation of HbsAg, HbcAg and HbeAg
- Typical modes of transmission and available modes of immunisation
- The role of HDV (hepatitis D) in determining clinical course
- Clinical features of infection: incubation; relation to transaminase levels; complications
- Basis of diagnosis as being via immunoassay
- Overview only of treatment options: interferons; antiviral therapies
- Epidemiology: seroprevalence rates and transmission modes
- Clinical features of infection: awareness that many cases are very mild but not all
- Basis of diagnosis as being via immunoassay
- Medical management: ribavirin, interferon; indications for transplantation
- Knowledge of hepatitis D (other than that outlined above) or E is NOT required!!!!