Hepatitis A Virus Risk Factors for Becoming Infected

Age of the person

• drunk water contaminated with fecal material?

• eaten food contaminated with fecal material?

• eaten food prepared by a food handler with unwashed, bare hands?

• an injection drug user?

• been transfused with a blood product?

• been in personal contact with someone who has hepatitis A?

• had oral-anal contact with someone?

• eaten raw or undercooked shellfish?

• have active or passive immunity to HAV?

• live an environment with poor hygiene?

• been in an area experiencing an epidemic outbreak of HAV infection?

• have contact with children, especially at day care centers?

• live or work at a home for the mentally disabled?

• live or travel to an area with a high rate of HAV?