Hepatitis B
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes inflammation of the liver. The virus is transmitted by contact with infected blood.
Recent Updates
- World Health Organization Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety:
Response to the paper by MA Hernán and others in Neurology 14 September 2004 issue entitled Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis (Links to WHO website) - Shooting Up - Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2007, An update: October 2008