Drugs or immune system problems can also cause hepatitis.
These pollutants can cause hepatitis, skin reactions, gastrointestinal problems and eye infections.
Polio virus is closely related to those that cause the common cold, meningitis, and hepatitis.
It has been known to cause fulminant hepatitis and there have been at least three reported fatalities due to administration of the drug.
It can cause alcoholic hepatitis and a fatty liver.
Other common infections could also cause this kind of arthritis - strep throat, for example, or hepatitis.
There is very little evidence that this virus causes hepatitis, as it does not appear to replicate primarily in the liver.
They may be able to cause hepatitis in an immunosuppressed host.
In recent years, scientists have discovered several viruses that cause hepatitis.
"There was a scare with respect to California strawberries being tainted and fears they could cause hepatitis," he said.