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when we think about infectious diseases that have ravaged the globe we usually think of examples like tuberculosis malaria and aids but what if i told you that in 2015 257 million people were living with a chronic form of this condition and almost 900 000 people died from it you'd probably want to know what it is right well this condition is the most common liver disease in the world and it's called hepatitis b welcome to hepatitis b explained before we get into the specifics let's go over some background knowledge hepatitis b is a life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis b virus or hbv it can cause chronic infection and put people at a high risk of death from cirrhosis or scarring of the liver and liver cancer today hepatitis b has the highest prevalence in the western pacific and african regions at around 6 percent for both areas due to a massive uptick in vaccination hepatitis b isn't seen frequently in north america in terms of transmission hepatitis b is primarily