A 27-year-old worker at a day care center has recently been feeling tired, has a slight fever, and has felt nauseated and vomited several times. Yesterday, she had abdominal pain and chills, and today she voided dark urine. Lab tests for serum enzymes indicated elevated AST and ALT. The genetic material of the virus most likely to cause her symptoms is

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Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most likely virus to cause the reported symptoms, which indicate hepatitis rather than some other disease. HAV is a positive-sense single-strand RNA virus.

A 27-Year-Old Worker at a Day Care Center Has Recently