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Whether hepatitis B (or any disease) is considered epidemic or endemic depends on its prevalence in the population. Hepatitis B is endemic in China where 8-10 % of the population is chronically infected but endemic in the US where the prevalence is less than 1%.
What else can I help you with?
Is trichomoniasis an epidemic disease?
Trichomoniasis is not an epidemic disease. It is endemic.
Endemic in a sentence?
Diseases that had been epidemic became endemic in urban centers.
What rhymes with epidemic?
"endemic"
Is Lyme Disease endemic epidemic or pandemic?
PANDEMIC
What pathogens cause hepatitis b?
The causative agent for Hepatitis B is Hepatitis B virus.
What is the difference between epidemic and endemic in term of community?
An epidemic is a sudden outbreak of a disease (or metaphorically, something that is being compared to a disease, such as an epidemic of crime). A disease can also be described as endemic, which means that there is some incidence of that disease which is always present and doesn't go away.
Is hepatitis A a virus or bacteria?
Hepatitis is inflammation in the liver caused by the virus hepatitis B.
Which type of hepatitis can only exist with a hepatitis b co-infection?
Hepatitis D, also known as delta hepatitis, can only exist as a co-infection with hepatitis B. It requires the presence of the hepatitis B virus to replicate and cause infection. Individuals can become infected with hepatitis D simultaneously with hepatitis B or can acquire it later, but it is dependent on hepatitis B for its existence.
What causes hepatitis B?
Usually caused by hepatitis B virus.
How is Hepatitis B prevented?
There's a Hepatitis B vaccine that can prevent it.
What diseases were people suffering from without the Hepatitis B vaccine?
Since Hepatitis B vaccine only protects against Hepatitis B, the only thing the vaccine controls is Hepatitis B infections.
What are three pathogens spread by blood and body fluids?
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and AIDS
