| The correct answer is E -
10-10-2006, 09:15 PM
Thats right friends the correct answer is E. Hepatitis B infection can produce a wide variety of clinical outcomes. The most common outcome (60% to 65%), however, turns out to be subclinical disease followed by complete recovery. The other choices listed show other possible outcomes, and their statistical impact is considered with the discussions of individual choices.
Approximately 20% to 25% of infected persons develop acute hepatitis (choice A), which is followed in 99% of these cases by recovery and in about 1% of cases by fulminant hepatitis.
Approximately 5% to 10% of cases become "healthy" carriers (choice B).
Approximately 4% of cases develop persistent infection, 67% to 90% of which then recover (choice C) and 10% to 33% of which have chronic hepatitis (choice D).
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