Showing posts with label viral_hepatitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label viral_hepatitis. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Viral Hepatitis Surveillance United States, 2011

"Data in this report should be interpreted with the consideration that reported
cases of acute or chronic viral hepatitis represent only those relatively few infected persons who were detected, diagnosed , met a stringent case definition, and eventually reported to CDC in 2011. Because most acute and chronic infections are not reported, this Summary is mainly useful in detecting major trends in viral hepatitis A (HAV), B (HBV) and C (HCV)..."
Viral Hepatitis

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

World Hepatitis Day

"Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis worldwide. Approximately 1 in 12 persons, or around 500 million people, have chronic viral hepatitis and most of them do not know they are infected..."
World Hepatitis Day