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Hepatitis B is a Silent Killer For Humans

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Hepatitis B is an infectious illness caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) which infects the liver of hominoidea, including humans, and causes an inflammation called hepatitis. Originally known as "serum hepatitis",[1] the disease has caused epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa, and it is endemic in China.[2] About a quarter of the world's population, more than 2 billion people, have been infected with the hepatitis B virus.[3] This includes 350 million chronic carriers of the virus.[4] Transmission of hepatitis B virus results from exposure to infectious blood or body fluids such as semen and vaginal fluids, while viral DNA has been detected in the saliva, tears, and urine of chronic carriers with high titer DNA in serum.
Hepatitis B is caused by infection with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). The incubation period from the time of exposure to onset of symptoms is 6 weeks to 6 months. HBV is found in highest concentrations in blood and in lower .Approximately 350 million people are infected globally with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and an estimated of 1 million people die from complications of Hepatitis B.July 14, 2011 - 5:20am Transmission from mother to baby is one of the most common ways for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) to spread. In the United States, an estimated 24000 women per year give birth while infected with HBV, .The ministry of health has sent a team of medical experts to launch a fight against hepatitis B that has been reported in Kasese district, western Uganda. Dr. Kenya Mugisha, the officer in charge of general duties at the Ministry of Health says that .A state panel reccomended a $16000 fine Thursday for an assisted living center where six died from Hepatitis B. The Glen Care facility in Mount Olive was the center of the outbreak that hospitalized eight .
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