Hepatitis B 2
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Hepatitis B can be prevented with a highly effective vaccine, but this year
ten to thirty million people will become infected with the hepatitis B virus. I feel that because this disease is preventable, only knowledge can help reduce the number of people infected.
Hepatitis B is a serious liver ....
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.... Africa, South America, Eastern and Mediterranean Europe (as these areas
have a high number of people infected); drug users; and anyone in close contact
with someone infected. This is not as scary as it seems, for you cannot contract the virus through sneezing, coughing, or holding hands.
A surprising fact about hepatitis B, considering it is preventable, is that
one in twenty people are or will be infected in their lifetime. There are one
million people infected in the United St ....
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