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- Worldwide, approximately 400,000,000
- Worldwide, most commonly transmitted from mother to child at time of childbirth
- Worldwide, commonly associated with cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer
- Effective vaccine available
- Excellent antiviral therapies available
You are at risk of hepatitis B infection if you:
- have sex with someone who is infected with HBV
- have unprotected sex with multiple partners
- live in the same house with someone who is infected with HBV
- have a job that involves contact with human blood (e.g., nurse, emergency medical technician)
- inject illegal drugs
- hav e hemophilia
- travel to areas where hepatitis B is common
- were born in an area of the world where hepatitis B is endemic - Asia, sub-Saharan Africa.
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