Hepatitis

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of illness was recognized at the end of the nineteenth century, yet the virus itself was not isolated until 1963. One hundred and seventy six million people are carrying the surface antigen of this one virus globally, and the infection causes a vast amount of illness and death, including most of the fatal cases of liver cell cancer.3 To prevent the wide spread of this disease, a rush for vaccination in the elementary schools for children in the K-6 levels had been implemented in Canada. However, the most effective way to prevent chronic infection is to vaccinate against it during the neonate stage up to the age of 5, the period of where the risk is the highest. Therefore, instead of targeting elementary school children, the ministry of health should have been inoculating neonates for their first priority.
B (HBV) is a liver disease that causes inflammation of the liver. This inflammation can cause liver cell damage, which can lead to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis) and an ...

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contact. It can also be passed through exposure to sharp instruments contaminated with infected blood, such as tattooing, body piercing and acupuncture needles, sharing of razors or toothbrushes with an infected person, or human bites and through blood given before B testing was available (1975). In about 30%-40% of cases, the method of passing the virus to others is unrecognized. The virus can survive outside of the body for at least 7 days on a dry surface and is 100 times more contagious than HIV.8
People who have not cleared HBV from their blood within 6 months are considered to be chronically infected and are called B carriers. There are about 1 million persons chronically ...

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