１、乙型肝炎（Hepatitis B ）可以通过体液（如血液和精液）传播，它是肝病的常见病因。因此，了解乙型肝炎相关的资讯对大家之健康维护具有重要的意义。

２、乙型肝炎的症状包括关节和肌肉疼痛等通常出现于感染乙型肝炎病毒后的25～180天，但亦有部分患者感染乙型肝炎病毒后而无任何症状或表现。

３、与甲型肝炎不同，乙型肝炎可以转变为慢性肝病和肝硬化。

４、有相当一部分乙型肝炎患者是在胎儿或出生和婴幼儿时患病，这类乙型肝炎患者极易发展为慢性肝病。

５、椐世界卫生组织（ＷＨＯ）估计，在全世界范围内，乙型肝炎病毒携带者约有二十亿人，其中三亿五千万人患有慢性肝病。

 

１、Hepatitis B can be transmitted through body fluid like blood and semen. It is a common cause of liver disease in the world. Hepatitis B information become important for everyone.

２、The symptoms of hepatitis usually appear at 25 to 180 days following exposure. These may also include joint and muscle ache. However some do not have any symptoms.

３、Hepatitis B virus infection unlike hepatitis A can lead to chronic disease and liver cirrhosis.

４、In our population hepatitis B is usually transmitted at birth or early childhood and infection at that age has a very high chance of developing chronic disease.

５、Worldwide, an estimated two billion people have been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and more than 350 million have chronic (long-term) liver infections - World Health Organization, WHO