Passed in the feces and blood, infection is devastating to pregnant women, killing 10 to 20 percent of women infected in their third trimester. Hepatitis G - Very rare, it causes up to 2,000 infections a year, but most victims have no symptoms. It is transmitted in infected blood and repeated exposure to hepatitis C seems to be a risk factor. The hepatitis B virus incubation period is typically from three weeks to six months. If one has been recently infected, it will show itself in the serum within this time.
Chronic carriers are the ones most at risk of serious liver complications later in life.
The percentage changes for infected children. Chronic hepatitis B is a prolonged infection of the virus in your liver. You'll know you had it by the fact that you'll still have it. Chronic hepatitis B infected individuals typically do not recover on their own, but many have been cleared of the virus after various treatments. Typically, individuals found to have chronic hepatitis B infection are monitored and treated with various therapies such as interferon-alpha treatment.