NR503 Week 5 Assignment - Hepatitis B and its Impact on Epidemiology

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According to the Centers for Disease Control (2019), Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is transferred by direct contact by an infected person's bodily fluid, such as semen or blood. There are sev... eral forms of Hepatitis B, however, this form is transmitted through the sharing of needles, syringes, or other drugs related injection equipment. Depending on when a person gets diagnosed and receives treatment, Hepatitis B can manifest in two forms; it can develop as an acute illness or depending on the stage of the disease, as a long-term chronic one, which could progress into liver cancer. The hepatitis B virus can live up to seven days outside of the host, at which the virus can still cause infection through exposure to another person’s body fluids who have not yet been vaccinated or is not immune (Lithgow & Cole, p.49, 2015). [Show More]

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