Infectious Diseases

1 in every 100,000 persons get infected with Hepatitis B virus every year at a stable rate from the past three decades. Moreover, the WHO estimated that there are more than 2 billion HBV infected people and about 378 million chronic Hepatitis B virus carriers worldwide. Hepatitis B, often life-threatening, is a severe liver infection posing a significant health problem. The leading cause of chronic hepatitis and advanced-stage liver diseases, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is Chronic HBV infection, which is caused by the blood-borne and sexually transmitted Hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is acquired by percutaneous and mucosal exposure to bloo...