Open AccessThe treatment of viral hepatitis: a review
Author(s) -
Hua-Qiao Tan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
morecambe bay medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2634-0631
pISSN - 1466-707X
DOI - 10.48037/mbmj.v3i8.629
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic hepatitis , mortality rate , viral hepatitis , hepatitis b , virology , hepatitis , immunology , virus
Hepatitis B infection (HBV) affects 300 million people in the world, most of whom (75%) are Asian. It is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity. The spontaneous remission rate for untreated HBV infection is approximately 80%, but the likelihood of chronic hepatitis approaches 90% if patients are infected early in life.