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Test Your Knowledge of Hepatitis

Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions. Then check your answers to find out how much you know about hepatitis.

  1. The symptoms of hepatitis infection can be vague and may be mistaken for another less serious illness.
    True    False

  2. Vaccines are now available to protect against all types of hepatitis.
    True    False

  3. Tattooing puts a person at risk for acquiring hepatitis B and C.
    True    False

  4. Hepatitis B is about 100 times more infectious (and thus easier to transmit) than HIV.
    True    False

  5. All forms of hepatitis can be transmitted sexually.
    True    False

  6. Once infected with the hepatitis virus, it is possible to become a chronic carrier of the disease.
    True    False.

  7. You can find out if you are infected with hepatitis by having a blood test.
    True    False

  8. Hepatitis infection is never serious enough to require a liver transplant.
    True    False

  9. A pregnant woman who is infected with hepatitis B can transmit the disease to her unborn child.
    True    False.

Sources:

National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hepatitis Foundation International

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.

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