Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B virus Infection in China
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Liver disease is an important cause of illness and death, consisting of primarily viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Among them viral hepatitis resulted from hepatitis B virus is predominant, especially in China. Estimated by The World Health Organization (WHO), chronic infection with HBV is a major cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, currently affects about 360 million people in worldwide [1-4]. HBV plague the people all over the whole world, especially in China, in past, at present and in the future [4-6].
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تاریخ انتشار 2016