At a glance
Full list and links to figures and tables found in Viral Hepatitis Surveillance and Case Management: Guidance for State, Territorial, and Local Health Departments, published August 2021.
General Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Guidance
Tables
Table 1-1: National notification and print criteria for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C
Table 1-2: Viral hepatitis conditions with corresponding National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System event codes and national notification criteria
Table 1-3: Epidemiologic risk behaviors, risk exposures, and groups at risk for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C
Hepatitis A Surveillance Guidance
Tables
Table 2-1: Typical serologic course of hepatitis A virus infection and recovery
Table 2-2: CDC/CSTE case definition for hepatitis A, 2019
Figures
Figure 2-1: Interpretation of hepatitis A laboratory results
Figure 2-2: Process for hepatitis A case ascertainment and classification
Hepatitis B Surveillance Guidance
Tables
Table 3-1: Interpretation of hepatitis B laboratory results
Table 3-2: CDC/CSTE case definition for acute hepatitis B, 2024
Table 3-3: CDC/CSTE case definition for chronic hepatitis B, 2024
Table 3-4: Considerations for hepatitis B cases who received a solid organ from a donor
Table 3-5: CDC/CSTE case definition for perinatal hepatitis B, 2017
Table 3-6: Common laboratory codes for hepatitis B post-vaccination testing
Figures
Figure 3-1: Typical serologic course of acute hepatitis B to recovery
Figure 3-2: Typical serologic course of the progression to chronic hepatitis B
Figure 3-3: Process for classifying cases of hepatitis B as acute and chronic
Figure 3-4: Process for perinatal hepatitis B case ascertainment and classification
Hepatitis C Surveillance Guidance
Tables
Table 4-1: Interpretation of hepatitis C laboratory results
Table 4-2: CDC/CSTE case definitions for acute and chronic hepatitis C, 2020
Table 4-3: Considerations for hepatitis C cases who were organ (or tissue) transplant recipients
Table 4-4: CDC/CSTE case definition for perinatal hepatitis C, 2018
Figures
Figure 4-1: Typical serologic course of hepatitis C virus infection
Figure 4-2: Process for acute and chronic hepatitis C case ascertainment and classification
Figure 4-3: Process for perinatal hepatitis C case ascertainment and classification
Additional Information and Resources
Tables
Table 5-1: Classification of hepatitis C cases diagnosed concurrently with hepatitis A
Table 5-2: Person and case identification variables in the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System
Table 5-3: Person and case identification variables via Health Level Seven case notification
Table 5-4: Variables indicating outbreak source for hepatitis A cases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System via the National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance
Table 5-5: Variables indicating outbreak source for hepatitis A cases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System via the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System
Table 5-6: Variables indicating outbreak source for hepatitis A cases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System via Health Level Seven case notification
Table 5-7: Selections for variables indicating outbreak source for hepatitis A cases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System via Health Level Seven case notification
Table 5-8: Supplementary data sources
Table 5-9: Use of supplementary data sources for case ascertainment, investigation, characterization, and for monitoring of infection trends and disease-related outcomes
Table 5-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision codes for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C for clinical diagnosis and cause of death coding