Hepatitis B is a viral infection spread by blood and body fluids. It can cause death, especially in children. Symptoms include jaundice, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, joint pain, flu-like symptoms, liver damage, and liver failure.

• A. Blood and body fluids
• B. Airborne through coughing
• C. Contaminated food
• D. Skin contact with infected people

Answer: (A)

Hepatitis B is transmitted through contact with infected blood and certain body fluids, so the key idea is that it is a bloodborne virus. This means infection can occur during activities that involve blood or fluids, such as sharing needles, sexual contact, or from mother to child at birth. It is not spread by coughing or other airborne routes, nor by eating contaminated food. Casual skin contact without blood exposure isn’t a transmission route either. Therefore, the description involving blood and body fluids best accounts for how hepatitis B spreads.