How is Hepatitis A transmitted?

• A. Fecal-oral contamination
• B. Sexual contact
• C. Blood contact
• D. Airborne

Answer: (A)

Hepatitis A is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. This means the virus shed in an infected person’s stool can contaminate hands, food, or water, and people become infected when they ingest that contaminated material. It’s common in areas with poor sanitation or when proper handwashing and food handling aren’t practiced, and prevention is built around thorough hand hygiene, safe food and water, and vaccination.

This isn’t a blood-borne infection like hepatitis B or C, which spread through contact with infected blood, nor is it inherited through the air. Sexual contact can transmit some hepatitis viruses, but for hepatitis A the primary and most tested route is ingesting contaminated material.