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ERNEST ADU YIRNKYI

BIBLIOGRAPHY
First of all, there was speculation about how dangerous Hepatitis B was. And through my
research, this was my finding. Hepatitis B is viral disease which affect the liver. It is the most
dangerous disease which can kill quickly as compare to other transmitted diseases like HIV
AIDS and it has no cure. For someone to be infected by this disease, the person must show some
symptoms which indicate that the person has truly infected and some of these symptoms includes
feeling tired, fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea, light-colored stools etc. According to
my search, a baby cannot be infected during breast feeding. Hepatitis B has no cure but when its
become chronic, the person is been put on medication to stop it or reduce it from spreading.
Health Information, (2012).
Hepatitis B was infectious disease which was discovered in the year 1966. And it was infected by
more than 350 millions people. Hepatitis B was the most leading cause of chronic disease which
amounted to 1 million death in every year. Hepatitis B was common in areas like Southeast Asia,
China, and Africa. With the area like North America, Western Europe and Australia have low
records in terms of people infected with this disease. In the year 2000, World Health
Organization, estimated the number of patience carried this virus were over 400 million. William
M. Lee, MD (1997).

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WORK CITED
The New England Journal of Medicine, William M. Lee, MD (December11, 1997)
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199712113372406
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney diseases (December 19, 2012)
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/liver-disease/hepatitisb/Pages/ez.aspx#treated