Epidemiology of Hepatitis

Active hepatic inflammation plays a pivotal role in the inflammation- necrosis-regeneration process, which eventually leads to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatitis disease is an acute systematic illness with major pathology in liver. Hepatitis B virus is the 10th most leading cause of the death and hepatitis regarding hepatocellular carcinoma is the 5th most frequent cancer worldwide. 2 billion individuals have been infected because of this disease worldwide. Out of 2 billion people, 350 million are chronically infected. One million individuals die each year from hepatitis. The implementation of certain effective vaccination programs in several countries has resulted in an exceedingly major decrease in the new Hepatitis B infection.