Hepatitis B

Page 2 Hepatitis B is a potentially life threatening liver infection caused by the virus HBV. A Hepatitis B infection could potentially become a chronic disease for some people because they run the risk of developing liver failure, cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer if precautions are not taken. Cirrhosis causes permanent scarring to the liver. Some adults that have become infected with Hepatitis B do fully recover even if their symptoms are relentless. Symptoms can be mild to

Running head: EPIDEMIOLOGY PAPER - HEPATITIS B 1 Epidemiology Paper - Hepatitis B Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V-0102 EPIDEMIOLOGY PAPER - HEPATITIS B Epidemiology Paper - Hepatitis B 2 ―Communicable disease‖ means an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal

Epidemiology Hepatitis B Dheer Chhabria MYP2A EPIDEMIOLOGY HEPATITIS B 1 The Causative Agent of Hepatitis B Infection The causative agent of the hepatitis B infection, known as serum hepatitis, is a Hepadna virus that attacks the liver causing inflammation of the liver . If this disease is left untreated it can result in liver cirrhosis , liver cancer, liver failure and death. The liver cancer caused by hepatitis B the virus is called Hepato Cellular Carcinoma which is the third most common cause

Epidemiology Hepatitis B affects 1 in 3 people worldwide (Hepatitis B Foundation [HBF], 2014). A vaccine has been available for over 30 years, yet it is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide (HBF, 2014). The epidemiology of hepatitis B, the role of the community health nurse along with the knowledge about what is being done to combat and reduce the impact of the virus gives a comprehensive look at hepatitis B. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a DNA virus, and belongs to the Hepadnaviridae family

Hepatitis B What is hepatitis B? Hepatitis means the inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis B, “formerly called serum hepatitis (Richard Adler)”, is caused by a serious liver infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the infection has two phases: acute and chronic (eMedicineHealth). Acute hepatitis B is short-term and occurs after being exposed to the virus and only few develop fulminant hepatitis which is very severe and life threatening. Chronic hepatitis can lead to “liver failure, liver

said to be affected with hep-B in the United States than children. Since 1990 the routine for immunization against the disease has led to a decline in children for the past decades. African Americans are infected with the disease than either Hispanics or Caucasians, Alaskan Eskimos and Pacific Islanders however have a higher carrier status rate than other racial groups. Compared other racial groups Asian Americans are at increased risk of severe liver damage from hepatitis B. More males than females

to offer, but what if they could do more? Bananas are also one of the best candidates to deliver oral vaccines for the hepatitis B Virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a viral infection affecting the liver that can lead to serious illness or death, usually found in blood. There are approximately three hundred and fifty million carriers of hepatitis B in the world, an estimated amount of seventy five million to one hundred million of those infected with the virus dying

MMWR Paper on Hepatitis B Microbiology 212-A April 27, 2012 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a DNA virus that affects the liver and belongs to the Hepadnaviridae group (Takkenberg, Weegink, Zaaijer, & Reesink, 2010). According to an article in Vox Sanguines, an international journal of transfusion medicine, (Takkenberg, Weegink, Zaaijer, & Reesink, 2010) “about 400 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, and 2 billion people have serological evidence of past or present

Hepatitis B Vaccine Hepatitis B is the most common liver infection in the world and is caused by the hepatitis b virus. The hepatitis b virus enters the body and travels to the liver via the bloodstream. In the liver the virus attacks the healthy liver cells and then multiplies. The cells create copies of them selves and the multiplying of the virus cells then triggers a response from the bodies’ immune system. Most people at this stage of the virus are unaware the have the virus as there are no

Hepatitis B infection is a viral infection which is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. it is a major global health problem which can cause chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer (1). HBV is the number one worldwide cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer (2). The hepatitis B virus can survive outside the body for at least 7 days. During this time, the virus