Assertion: hepatitis's infection | /r/CapableOf | become chronic
Facets:
value: in some individuals
type: OTHER
value: after 6 months
type: TEMPORAL
value: the more likely
type: MANNER
value: in people
type: LOCATION
value: before starting treatment
type: TEMPORAL
value: in rare cases
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, acute infection can become chronic in rare cases, primarily in people who have received solid-organ transplants (1).
text: The likelihood that infection becomes chronic depends on the age at which a person becomes infected.
text: The infection becomes chronic when a person has symptoms for 6 months or longer.
text: Once the infection becomes chronic, it may never go away completely.
text: If the infection smolders and becomes chronic, there will continue to be an antigen or antigens in the blood.
text: In some cases, doctors recommend waiting to see if an acute infection becomes chronic before starting treatment.
text: The infection becomes chronic after 6 months.
text: However, in less than 5 percent of people with a coinfection, both infections become chronic and do not go away.21
text: Once the infection becomes chronic, it may never go away completely.
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: However, in some individuals, this infection can become chronic, and the infected people will be carriers of hepatitis B.
text: If a person requires treatment and does not receive it, the infection will become chronic, or persistent.
text: The infection eventually becomes chronic in about 70 – 85% of people.