Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, or known as viral hepatitis. There are five different types of viral hepetitis, however the most common in United States are hepatitis A, hepatitis B,and hepatitis C; these types of hepatitis are all caused by the viruses with similiar name as their disease.
"Hepatitis A is caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B is caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C is caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV)."(from WebMD)
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