AOAC Annual Meeting_AIMS

Hepatitis A Virus

• Human strains

• 3 genotypes I, II, III • 7 sub genotypes • Classification based on VP1-2A coding region • IA, IB, IC, IIB, IIIA, IIIB • IA– 60% infections, IB– 14% infections, IIIB– 21% infections • IA, IB, IIIB– responsible for 30, 30, and 41% of fulminating hepatitis

Aboubakr and Goyal 2019