As the most common liver disease in the world, Hepatitis B is a lifethreatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus, or HBV. It can cause chronic infection and put people at a high risk of death from cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer. In 2015, 257 million people were living with a chronic form of hepatitis B, and almost 900,000 people died from it. In this video, you’ll learn a bit about the background of hepatitis B, its symptoms, transmission, molecular mechanism, prevention, and treatment!

This video was made by McMaster University Demystifying Medicine students Julie Cho, Saad Ahmed, Vivek Parmar, Anisa Rana, Barjot Gill.

Copyright McMaster University 2021.

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