Hepatitis B Virus Follow Up Quiz
11 Questions
| Total Attempts: 467
Questions and Answers
- 1.Patients infected with HBV who show no symptoms and have normal liver function tests are "healthy carriers."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Between 5% and 15% of all Asian and Pacific Islander Immigrants are chronically infected with hepatitis B.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.A HBV carrier is less likely to have serious complications than people with chronic HBV.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Hepatitis B is transmitted through eating contaminated food.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Approximately one million people worldwide die annually from hepatitis B.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.There is no way of preventing liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Once a person contracts Hepatitis B, liver cancer is inevitable.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Liver cancer is caused by alcohol.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.A positive Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) test means the individual tested is chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Children born to a HBV chronically infected mother will always be chronically infected with HBV.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.A booster shot of the HBV vaccine is recommended after the 3-dose vaccination series is completed.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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