Newborn jaundice - discharge. Your baby has newborn jaundice. This common condition is caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. Your child's skin and sclera (whites of his eyes) will look yellow. Some newborns need to be treated before they leave the hospital. Others may need to go back to the hospital when they are a few days old.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Scientific name is Hepatitis A Virus (HAV). Common name is Hepatitis A Virus (HAV). That's probably why you're having difficulty looking it up. just now. Report Abuse. It's just hepatitis A. If you're referring to the condition, you can call it inflammation of the liver due to hepatitis A virus (or inflammation of the liver due to HAV) and if you're referring to the virus itself, hepatitis A virus (or HAV). Try to be more specific, please.
Hepatitis A. By John W. Wood. Hepatitis A is referred to as one of the oldest diseases known to humankind by the World Health Organization (WHO) (1). HAV was first discovered in 1973 by Steven M. Feinstone as a nonenvoloped, spherical, positive stranded RNA virus (1).HAV was an unidentified viral disease prior to this discovery.Hepatitis A is a disease caused by infection from the hepatitis A virus (HAV) (1, 5, 8).HAV has been called epidemic hepatitis, epidemic jaundice, infectious hepatitis, catarrhal jaundice, HA and type A hepatitis in the past according to the WHO (1). The term hepatitis refers to having inflammation of the liver.AV was first discovered in 1973 by Steven M. Feinstone as a nonenvoloped, spherical, positive stranded RNA virus (1). HAV was an unidentified viral disease prior to this discovery. Hepatitis A is a disease caused by infection from the hepatitis A virus (HAV) (1, 5, 8).