Epidemiological Profile and Clinical Spectrum of Hepatitis B-Ten Years Experience at Tertiary Care Centre of Northeren India
1. Abstract 1.1. Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, a pan global health problem, has already effected one-third of the world popula- tion. India harbours around 40 million HBV carriers, thus account- ing for 10–15% share of total pool of HBV carriers of the world. Every year over 100,000 Indians die due to illnesses related …