You’re probably not even thinking about
your risk of getting hepatitis A infection
or hepatitis B infection, are you?

Here?s why you definitely should get the facts:

Many people who become infected with hepatitis A or hepatitis B virus have never used street drugs. In fact, more than half of the people who were infected with hepatitis A or hepatitis B in 2007 could not identify how they got the disease. Vaccination can help prevent hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection.

Some of the highest rates of acute hepatitis A and hepatitis B occur between the ages of 25 and 45. People infected with hepatitis A or hepatitis B may look healthy, not have any symptoms, and still be contagious.

Traveling to certain countries can put you at risk, regardless of the places you stay. Risk could lurk in places you least suspect; for example, some foods you may eat or the tools used by the manicurist in the hotel salon.

Most people who contract hepatitis A and/or hepatitis B don?t know how they were exposed. Hepatitis A virus is able to survive outside the body for months.

To better understand your risks for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, talk to your healthcare provider and use our RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL