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Hepatitis A is spread through while hepatitis B may spread through .

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sores
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food
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sexual contact
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faeces
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The correct option is D faeces
Hepatitis is a very serious infection of the liver. There are two strains of hepatitis virus (HV), HVA and HVB:
  1. Hepatitis A is spread via faeces.
  2. Hepatitis B passes through blood, tattooing with an infected needle, ear and nose piercing with infected instruments, intravenous drug abuse with infected needles, as well as sharing of razors with an infected individual. It also passes through semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, tears etc.

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