Assertion: hepatitis b's infection | /r/CapableOf | become chronic
Facets:
value: before starting treatment
type: TEMPORAL
value: in people
type: LOCATION
value: the more likely
type: MANNER
value: in rare cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: in some individuals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The likelihood that infection becomes chronic depends on the age at which a person becomes infected.
text: However, in some individuals, this infection can become chronic, and the infected people will be carriers of hepatitis B.
text: Once the infection becomes chronic, it may never go away completely.
text: Once the infection becomes chronic, it may never go away completely.
text: However, in less than 5 percent of people with a coinfection, both infections become chronic and do not go away.21
text: However, acute infection can become chronic in rare cases, primarily in people who have received solid-organ transplants (1).
text: The younger a person is when he or she becomes infected, the more likely the infection will become chronic.
text: Though acute HCV can be cleared by some people without medications, treatment reduces the risk that the infection will become chronic.
text: The hepatitis viruses all cause acute inflammation of the liver, and some infections related to hepatitis B and C may become chronic.
text: In patients with compromised immune systems and/or with HIV infection there is increased risk of the infection becoming chronic but damage done by the chronic infection appears mild in comparison to people not infected with HIV.
text: In some cases, doctors recommend waiting to see if an acute infection becomes chronic before starting treatment.