Hepatitis B: Are You at Risk?

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Viral Hepatitis.
• Description:
  Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with the Hepatitis B virus. When first infected, a person can develop an “acute” infection, which can range in severity from a very mild illness with few or no symptoms to a serious condition requiring hospitalization. Acute Hepatitis B refers to the first 6 months after someone is exposed to the Hepatitis B virus. Some people are able to fight the infection and clear the virus. For others, the infection remains and leads to a “chronic,” or lifelong, illness. Chronic Hepatitis B refers to the illness that occurs when the Hepatitis B virus remains in a person’s body. Over time, the infection can cause serious health problems.
  
  Publication No. 21-1074
  
  hepbatrisk.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hepatitis B/prevention & Control Hepatitis B Vaccines
• Series:
  Know Hepatitis B
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9cc69c0b400fb8f53721eb4a8d2585f56f5483f9d9600af90823433bc3420848f356edf105ec6b25cf6634afc72624fde7fc47b9f09d8134c8e54b69db85611e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/136140/cdc_136140_DS1.pdf
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