An estimated 300 to 350 million people worldwide are carriers of the Hepatitis-B virus (HBV); around four to five million people are suspected HBV carriers in Pakistan. This was stated by doctors and experts who spoke about the dangers of HBV at a public awareness seminar on Thursday.
The event was organised by the Aga Khan University (AKU), in collaboration with the Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD). The HBV can cause a number of liver diseases, including chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.
Close to two million people worldwide die each year from HBV, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the virus is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV/AIDS. HBV is endemic in parts of Asia, with more children being affected as the virus can be passed from an infected mother to her baby at birth.
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