What are the risk factors for hepatitis B?
• Have sex with someone infected with HBV • Have sex with more than one partner • Shoot drugs • Are a man and have sex with a man • Live in the same house with someone who has chronic (long-term) HBV infection • Have a job that involves contact with human blood • Are a client in a home for the developmentally disabled • Have hemophilia • Travel to areas where hepatitis B is common One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with HBV some time during their lives. Your risk is higher if your parents were born in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Amazon Basin in South America, the Pacific Islands or the Middle East. Is There a Cure for Hepatitis B? There are no medications available for recently acquired (acute) HBV infection. Hepatitis B vaccine is available for the prevention of HBV infection. There are antiviral drugs available for the treatment of chronic HBV infection. How Common Is HBV Infection in the United States? In 2003, an estimated 73,000 people were infected with H
• have sex with someone infected with HBV • have sex with more than one partner • shoot drugs • are a man and have sex with a man • live in the same house with someone who has chronic (long-term) HBV infection • have a job that involves contact with human blood • are a client in a home for the developmentally disabled • have hemophilia • travel to areas where hepatitis B is common (country listing) One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with HBV some time during their lives. Your risk is higher if your parents were born in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Amazon Basin in South America, the Pacific Islands, or the Middle East. Is there a cure for hepatitis B? There are no medications available for recently acquired (acute) HBV infection. Hepatitis B vaccine is available for the prevention of HBV infection. There are antiviral drugs available for the treatment of chronic HBV infection. How common is HBV infection in the U.S.? In 2003, an estimated 73,000 people were infec
