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The victims infected during delivery and under the age of 3~5 years frequently become carriers. The adult victims rarely become carriers. The carriers with or without acute episode of illness become chronic hepatitis and progress to cirrhosis and further to carcinoma of the liver (Hepatocellular carcinoma).

Table: Diagnosis of HBV infection by serum markers.