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Hepatitis B

Electron micrograph of HBV: CDC Betty Pratin

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes inflammation of the liver. The virus is transmitted by contact with infected blood.

Image: courtesy of CDC Betty Pratin

What's new

September 2004: World Health Organization Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety:
Response to the paper by MA Hernán and others in Neurology 14 September 2004 issue entitled Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis [external link]
October 2009:
Shooting Up - Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2008. An update: October 2009

Related Information

›› 2007 Monthly Monitoring Reports
›› Bloodborne Infections in Blood Donors (BIBD)
›› Hepatitis B Databases
›› Blood Borne Viruses Unit (BBVU)

External Links

›› Sentinel Surveillance of Hepatitis Testing
›› British Liver Trust
›› NHS Evidence - Hepatitis B

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