infectious jaundice การใช้
- Infectious jaundice occurred among troops during the American Civil War.
- During the Egyptian campaign, Napoleon's army suffered from what was probably infectious jaundice.
- Before Weil's characterization in 1886, the disease known as infectious jaundice was very likely the same as Weil's disease or severe icteric leptospirosis.
- In 1914-1915, Inada discovered the spriochete of infectious jaundice ( Weil's disease ); and he developed a successful serum-therapy for the infection.
- "Hepatitis A " or infectious jaundice is caused by hepatitis A virus ( HAV ), a picornavirus transmitted by the fecal-oral route often associated with ingestion of contaminated food.
- Given the poor sanitary conditions of war, infectious jaundice played a large role as a major cause of mortality among troops in the Napoleonic Wars, the American Revolutionary War, and both World Wars.