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QUESTION 1

What percentage of infectious HBV carriers are asymptomatic?
A. 100%
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 30%​

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C is the right answer
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Answer:

Symptomatology and transmission

The clinical manifestations of acute HBV infection are age dependent. Infants, young children (younger than 10 years of age), and immunosuppressed adults with newly acquired HBV infection are usually asymptomatic. [2] Older children and adults are symptomatic in 30%–50% of infections

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