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About chronic hepatitis B , all are true, EXCEPT:

A
90 % chance for chronic infection if infected at bih.
B
Mild chronic hepatitis B has 5 year survival 97 %
C
Adult infection is usually symptomatic
D
Chronicity if infected in adult age is about 10 %
High-Yield Explanation
Chronic hepatitis B: 1. Infection at bih is clinically silent but carries a 90% chance of chronic infection. 2. Infection in young adulthood is clinically apparent acute hepatitis but a risk of chronicity of only approximately 1%. 3. A 5-year survival rate of 97% for patients with mild chronic hepatitis B, 86% for moderate to severe chronic hepatitis B, and only 55% for patients with chronic hepatitis and postnecrotic cirrhosis. Ref: Harrison, Edition-18, Page-2567.

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