A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C: Phase Two Report

by Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, et al.

Hepatitis B and C cause most cases of hepatitis in the United States and the world. The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of world's hepatocellular carcinoma and more than half of all fatal cirrhosis. In 2013 viral hepatitis, of which hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the most common types, surpassed HIV and AIDS to become the seventh leading cause of death worldwide.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309457297
• ISBN13: 9780309457293
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"