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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a virus which affects the liver. Adults who are infected may have no symptoms or they may become ill with fever, dark urine, nausea or jaundice (yellow skin and eyes). After infection most people recover, develop antibodies to the virus, and can't spread the disease to others. A few people cannot clear the virus and they become carriers and may infect other people.

Index

Essential Facts	For people diagnosed with hepatitis B, or those considering vaccination
More Details	For students and clinicians
Diagnosis and Management Guidelines	For health care workers managing patients with hepatitis B
Vaccination Program audit	A discussion and analysis of the hepatitis B vaccination program at Clinic 275.
Statistics	Annual and Quarterly Surveillance Reports outlining the latest hepatitis B statistics in South Australia
Hepatitis-related links	Other sites on the web with information about hepatitis B
Pamphlet	Information pamphlet on Hepatitis B in PDF format (22kb)
Foreign language fact sheets Hepatitis B - the facts Hepatitis B general information	Victorian Dept Human Services, Australia (Chinese, Dari, Pashtu, Vietnamese) Health Canada (English, French)

Recommended reading

The Hepatitis Alphabet
by Sievert, Korman and Bolin. Gore & Osment, publisher

($9.95 Aus at time of printing)

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