Hepatitis

From the Series USA TODAY Health Reports: Diseases and Disorders

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 8

“The silent killer.” That’s how a headline in USA TODAY, the Nation’s No. 1 Newspaper, described hepatitis. This life-threatening liver disease can go undetected for decades because it often causes no symptoms until serious liver damage has occurred. The good news is that new medications and research bring “hope, treatment, even cures.”

Millions of people around the world are diagnosed each year with viral hepatitis. In this book, you’ll read case studies of people with various types of viral hepatitis and learn about the effects of this highly contagious yet preventable disease. You’ll also find basic information about symptoms, transmission, prevention, and treatment to help you understand how to protect yourself, your friends, and your family from this serious disease.

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978-0-7613-6375-0
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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 8
Genre Science, Young Adult
Copyright 2011
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Twenty-First Century Books ™
Language English
Number of Pages 128
Publication Date 2010-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS YAN024030, YAN050010
Dewey 616.3'623
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 6.125 x 9
Features Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, Source notes, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Awards

  • Booklist Top 10 Health Series, Winner, 2010

Reviews

Library Media Connection

“For a tight budget, these will be a great substitute for larger, costly health books.” —Library Media Connection

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“This series mimics USA Today in its readability, though the books’ length and breadth render them more suited to fact-finding than to pleasure reading. The language is straightforward and objective.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple