Who Is Affected by Hepatitis BCurrent as of: March 3, 2017 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology |
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Who Is Affected by Hepatitis BHepatitis B is one of the most easily spread (contagious) forms of viral hepatitis , which include hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.
Current as of: March 3, 2017 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(2012). Hepatitis B FAQs
for health professionals. Available online:
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/HBVfaq.htm.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Hepatitis B. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 337-356. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
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