Which one of the following statements about hepatitis B is true?
Answer: The answer is (c). The risk of fulminant hepatitis with Hepatitis B is quite rare and is about 1%. The cases of fulminant hepatitis have about 60% mortality. Persistent Hepatitis B occurs in 1-2% of immunocompetent hosts and about 5% in the immunocompromised. Hepatitis B is a DNA virus. Chronic Hepatitis B is associated with a substantial risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Which one of the following statements about Hepatitis vaccination is false?
Answer: The answer is (d). Hepatitis B vaccine is a recombinant human vaccine. Universal vaccination is recommended for children. The non-responders to hepatitis B vaccine can be protected by additional three doses of the vaccine. For checking the serological status, the hepatitis B surface antigen needs to be assayed.