Clinical types of HBsAg-positive hepatitis.
Hepatitis B is a parenterally and sexually transmitted disease of global importance. It associates with hepatitis D in a consistent proportion of cases. The disease most frequently runs a subclinical and anicteric course, with a significant number of cases that become chronic. Chronic hepatitis may progress to cirrhosis or cancer. The strategies by which hepatitis B and hepatitis D can be diminished and eventually eliminated are: immunization, measures to prevent exposure to infective blood or blood derivatives and education (in particular awareness that hepatitis B is a sexually transmitted disease).
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines