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Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by hepatitis B virus infection Hepatitis B virus is the culprit because it is 100 times more infectious than HIV and 10 times more easily infected than hepatitis C. Hepatitis B can be acute or chronic. Acute infection can become chronic, however this is not always the case.

How Prevalence?

The incidence (prevalence) chronic hepatitis B in Indonesia is estimated at 5-10% of the total population, or the equivalent of 13.5 million people. This amount is made Indonesia the third Asian country to which people with hepatitis B kroniknya at most, after China and India.