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Which one of the following statements is not correct

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a)

Hepatitis B virus is transmitted much like HIV.

(b)

Hepatitis B, unlike Hepatitis C, does not have a vaccine.

(c)

Globally, the number of people infected with Hepatitis B and C viruses are several times more than those infected with HIV.

(d)

Some of those infected with Hepatitis Band C viruses do not show the symptoms for many years.

Answer:

(b)

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Newspaper/CA

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV are transmitted in a similar fashion through contaminated syringes, infected blood, tranfusions, unprotected sexual intercourse. The number of people affected by Hepatitis B and C are much more than HIV infected people. People infected by Hepatitis B and C may remain symptom less for many years or with mild symptoms but the infection may manifest as chronic liver illness followed by Cirrhosis of liver and hepatic carcinoma.