Table 4.

Risk factors for hepatitis

Risk factors for hepatitis A	Risk factors for hepatitis B
18 yr and older who care for an international adopted child	Polygamous relationship (e.g., persons with more than one sex partner during the previous 6 mo)
IV and non IV illicit drug users	Persons seeking evaluation or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease
Homosexual males	Current or recent injection-drug users
Chronic liver disease patient	Homosexual male
Patients awaiting transplant	Health-care personnel and public-safety workers who are potentially exposed to blood or other infectious body fluids
Occupational exposure to Hep A	All diabetics younger than age 60 yr
Persons who receive clotting factor concentrates	Diabetics 60 yr or older at the discretion of the treating clinician
Travel to endemic areas	ESRD, HD
	Human immunodeficiency virus chronic liver disease
	Household contacts and sex partners of hepatitis B surface antigen positive persons;
	clients and staff members of institutions for persons with developmental disabilities
	International travelers to countries with high or intermediate prevalence of chronic HBV infection

ESRD: End-stage renal disease.