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    Hepatitis B is a silent killer that disproportionately affects Asian Americans. It is transmitted through bodily fluids and can survive outside the body for over a week. Most people infected do not experience symptoms until liver damage occurs. Without vaccination at birth or later in life, there is a high risk of developing chronic infection which often leads to liver cancer or cirrhosis. While hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, millions remain infected worldwide resulting in over a million deaths each year.

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    Hepatitis B is a silent killer that disproportionately affects Asian Americans. It is transmitted through bodily fluids and can survive outside the body for over a week. Most people infected do not experience symptoms until liver damage occurs. Without vaccination at birth or later in life, there is a high risk of developing chronic infection which often leads to liver cancer or cirrhosis. While hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, millions remain infected worldwide resulting in over a million deaths each year.

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    Hepatitis B is a silent killer that disproportionately affects Asian Americans. It is transmitted through bodily fluids and can survive outside the body for over a week. Most people infected do not experience symptoms until liver damage occurs. Without vaccination at birth or later in life, there is a high risk of developing chronic infection which often leads to liver cancer or cirrhosis. While hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, millions remain infected worldwide resulting in over a million deaths each year.

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    Hepatitis B

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    Hepatitis B is a silent killer that disproportionately affects Asian Americans. It is transmitted through bodily fluids and can survive outside the body for over a week. Most people infected do not experience symptoms until liver damage occurs. Without vaccination at birth or later in life, there is a high risk of developing chronic infection which often leads to liver cancer or cirrhosis. While hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, millions remain infected worldwide resulting in over a million deaths each year.

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    Hepatitis B

    The Untold Story of a Silent Killer

    About Hepatitis
    The

    word hepatitis means inflammation


    of the liver
    Hepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that infects
    liver and causes liver cirrhosis and liver
    cancer

    Silent Killer
    Most

    people with HBV do not have any


    symptoms until it is too late

    in 4 adults with chronic HBV will die


    from liver cancer or liver cirrhosis (WHO)

    HBV

    is transmitted by contact with blood


    or body fluid from an infected person
    There are 10x more people with chronic
    HBV than HIV/AIDS worldwide (WHO)
    HBV is 50-100x more infectious than HIV
    (WHO)
    HBV can survive outside the body for at
    least 7 days (WHO)

    Health Disparity
    HBV

    disproportionally affects Asian and


    Pacific Islanders (API)
    1 in 10 Asian American has HBV.
    Liver cancer is the 2nd most common
    cause of cancer death in Asian men

    Perinatal Transmission
    Most

    infections occur from mother to

    child
    Over 90% of babies infected during
    the first year of life develop chronic
    infection (CDC)
    20,000 hepatitis B infected women
    give birth each year in U.S. (CDC)

    HBV Vaccination
    Newborns

    born to infected mothers


    should be vaccinated (1st dose vaccine +
    HBIG) within 12 hours of birth
    3 vaccine doses: month 0, 1, 6

    Hepatitis

    B has been vaccinepreventable since 1982


    Yet, 1 person still die every 30-45
    seconds of HBV-caused liver cancer and
    liver failure
    It is a silent epidemic!

    Adrian Elkins
    Adopted

    as an infant from India


    Received HBV vaccination upon
    arrival to U.S
    Diagnosed with HBV only when
    he was dying from liver cancer
    at 20-years-old

    http://www.hepb.org/patients/personal_stories_adrian.htm

    Mark Lim, MD
    Diagnosed

    with HBV at 26-year-old, but


    was told by a doctor to not worry since
    he was a "healthy" asymptomatic carrier
    Diagnosed with advanced liver cancer at
    31-years-old
    Died before 32nd birthday

    http://www.sfweekly.com/2002-05-01/news/dying-to-know/

    HBV Worldwide

    2 billion people worldwide (1/3 world


    population) have been infected with HBV
    (WHO)
    350 million people worldwide have chronic
    (lifelong) HBV (CDC)
    1 million people die each year from liver
    disease and liver cancer (CDC)
    Every 3045 seconds, one person dies from
    the vaccine-preventable HBV

    HBV in the U.S.


    1.2

    million Americans have chronic HBV


    (CDC)
    More than half are APIs
    5,000 Americans die each year from
    hepatitis B-related liver disease (CDC)
    $700 million in medical and work loss
    costs (CDC)

    What Can You Do?


    Get

    educated about HBV

    Get

    tested for HBV

    Get

    protected with HBV vaccine

    Break the Silence


    Read

    Know HBV brochure


    Talk to your family, friends, colleagues,
    patients, and general public about HBV
    Write to House of Representatives to
    support Viral Hepatitis and Liver
    Cancer Control and Prevention Act of
    2009 (HR 3974)

    References
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis
    Branch
    http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/index.htm
    World Health Organization
    http://www.who.int/immunization/topics/hepatitis_b/en/index.h
    tml
    Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
    http://liver.stanford.edu/
    Team HBV Collegiate Chapters
    http://teamhbv.org
    USF Asian Pacific Medical Student Association
    http://hsc.usf.edu/medstud/apamsa/hepatitis.html

    For General Public


    Hepatitis B Foundation
    http://www.hepb.org/
    American Liver Foundation
    www.liverfoundation.org
    Tampa Bay Hepatitis & Liver Disease Support Group
    http://thechancecenter.org/
    Hillsborough County Epidemiology Program Perinatal
    Hepatitis B Prevention Program (PHBPP)
    http://www.hillscountyhealth.org/epi/epi_main.htm

    For Health Professionals


    Physicians Guide to Hepatitis B
    http://liver.stanford.edu/Public/pguide.html
    CDC Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologic Test Results
    http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/ProfResourcesB.htm
    CDC Recommended Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccines by Age Group and
    Vaccine Type
    http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/HBVfaq.htm#recctbl
    CDC Recommendation for Routine Testing and Follow-up for Chronic
    Hepatitis B Virus Infection
    http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/ProfResourcesB.htm
    Continuing Medical Education Courses on Hepatitis B
    http://www.hepb.org/learning_guide/cme_course.htm
    The Florida Hepatitis Prevention Program Presents: Hepatitis 101
    Training
    http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/aids/hep/

    Website: http://hsc.usf.edu/medstud/apamsa/

    Email: usfapamsa@googlegroups.com

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