Hepatitis A is a self-limited disease and chronic stage or other complications are rare. Infections occur early in life in areas where sanitation is poor and living conditions are crowded.  Because the disease is transmitted through the fecal-oral route in dense populated regions, an outbreak can arise from single contaminated source. The cause of hepatitis A is hepatitis A virus (HAV)-non enveloped positive strand RNA virus with a linear single strand genome, encoding for only one known serotype.

Wantai HAV-IgM ELISA is used for qualitative determination of IgM antibodies against HAV.

Wantai HAV-IgM Rapid Test is used for rapid, qualitative determination of IgM antibodies against HAV.