Hepatitis B Virus.pptVIP

Hepatitis B Virus Huamin Wang 王华民 Department of Microbiology Immunology Hainan Medical College 2007 Statistics on HBV Most healthy adults (90%) who are infected will recover and develop protective antibodies against future hepatitis B infections 90% of infants and up to 50% of young children infected with hepatitis B will develop chronic infections. Hepatitis B In the World 2 billion people have been infected (1 out of 3 people). 400 million people are chronically infected. 10-30 million will become infected each year. An estimated 1 million people die each year from hepatitis B and its complications. Approximately 2 people die each minute from hepatitis B. Hepatitis B In the United States 12 million Americans have been infected (1 out of 20 people). More than one million people are chronically infected . Up to 100,000 new people will become infected each year. 5,000 people will die each year from hepatitis B and its complications. Approximately 1 health care worker dies each day from hepatitis B. Hepatitis B in China 1.3 billion people the worlds largest population of hepatitis B patients, with nearly half a million people dieing of the liver disease every year 120 million Chinese have tested positive for hepatitis B, which has become a severe public health problem in the country General Concepts Hepatitis = inflammation of the liver. six medically important viruses are commonly described as “hepatitis viruses”: HAV,HBV,HCV,HDV,HEV,HGV. Definitions for Hepatitises Acute（急性）: Short term and/or severe. Chronic（慢性）: Lingering or lasting - may or may not be severe Fulminant（爆发性）: Developing quickly and lasting a short time, high mortality rate. Cirrhosis（硬化）: Hardening: may be the result of infection or toxins (e.g. alcohol) Jaundice（黄疸）: Yellowing of the skin, eyes, etc due to raised levels of bilirubin in the blood due to liver damage. Hepatocellular carcinoma（肝细胞癌）： is closely associated with hepatitis B, and at least in some regions of