Question

1. Reference any of the current WHO or CDC Infectious Disease Fact Sheets to identify an infectious disease with US prevalence.

2. Construct an original fact sheet that overviews your selected infectious disease topic that utilizes reader-friendly language in consideration of the overall level of health literacy among the general US population.

3. Reference the general layout and simplistic format of the current WHO or CDC Infectious Disease Fact Sheet to construct a patient-friendly, summative version of a fact sheet to overview your selected infectious disease topic.

4. State at least 10 facts about the selected infectious disease

Answer 1

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•Hepatitis B. -According to current statistics, hepatitis B is the most common infectious disease in the world, affecting some 2 billion people -- that's more than one-quarter of the world's population.

•Hepatitis C.
Nearly 2.4 million Americans – 1 percent of the adult population – were living with hepatitis C from 2013 through 2016, according to new CDC estimates.

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•Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver;it is a type of viral hepatitis.It can cause both acute and chronic infection.Many people have no symptoms during the initial infection.In acute infection, some may develop a rapid onset of sickness with vomiting, yellowish skin, tiredness, dark urine and abdominal pain.Often these symptoms last a few weeks and rarely does the initial infection result in death.It may take 30 to 180 days for symptoms to begin.In those who get infected around the time of birth 90% develop chronic hepatitis B while less than 10% of those infected after the age of five do.

•Hepatitis C is a infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation.
The virus is spread by contact with contaminated blood; for example, from sharing needles or from unsterile tattoo equipment.
Most people have no symptoms. Those who do develop symptoms may have fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite and yellowing of the eyes and skin.
Hepatitis C is treated with antiviral medication. In some people, newer medicines can eradicate the virus.

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•Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is spread when blood, semen, or other body fluids from a person infected with the virus enters the body of someone who is not infected. This can happen through sexual contact; sharing needles, syringes, or other drug-injection equipment; or from mother to baby at birth. Not all people newly infected with HBV have symptoms, but for those that do, symptoms can include fatigue, poor appetite, stomach pain, nausea, and jaundice.

•Hepatitis C is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The hepatitis C virus was discovered in 1989. Prior to that, it was associated with blood transfusions, but was called non-A, non-B hepatitis because the virus could not be identified.

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•Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic liver disease.
•Can cause cancer.
•The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person.
•About 2 billion people worldwide have been infected with the virus and about 370 million live with chronic infection and liver damage.
•Two thirds of those infected with HBV are unaware of their infection
•An estimated 800 000 people die each year due to HBV induced liver cancer or cirrhosis.
•Despite there being a vaccine, globally HBV kills one person every minute
•About 25% of adults who become chronically infected during childhood later die from liver cancer or cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) caused by the chronic infection.
•The hepatitis B virus is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV.
•Hepatitis B is preventable with a safe and effective vaccine.

1. Hepatitis C affects millions of Americans — some of them unknowingly.
2. The most common hepatitis C strain in the United States is genotype 1.
3. Some people don’t know they have hepatitis C until they have liver damage.
4. Hepatitis C is spread by contact with infected blood.
5. All baby boomers need to be tested for hepatitis C.
6. There is no hepatitis C vaccine.
7. Hepatitis C can be cured.
8. A liver transplant is not a cure for hepatitis C.
9. People with hepatitis C can help protect others from getting the virus.
10. People who are cured of the virus will probably still need checkups.