Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The success of anticancerousprogramme against hepatitis B.

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Hepatitis is an inflammatory problem of the liver, which can be caused by drugs, certain medical conditions, or by use ofalcohol. Hepatitis can be caused by hepatotropic viruses commonly called as hepatitis virus. Most common forms of hepatitis viruses are hepatitisA virus (HAV), B (HBV), C (HCV), D (HDV), and E (HEV). Infection of hepatitis can be occurred by viral hepatitis or nonviral hepatitis(drugs or toxins, and alcoholuse) cause livercirrhosis and hepaticcarcinoma.

Moreover, cancer can be caused by multiple factors such as radiations, defect at the molecularlevel, excess use of alcohol, infection by pathogenic strains (Helicobacter pylori, and Hepatitis B). Hepatitis B has a limited number of vaccines for adults and newborns, which preventhepatitis B and its harmful consequence that includes liver cancer and cirrhosis.

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