People chronically infected are known as carriers, as they serve as reservoirs of infectious virus.
While some people can naturally overcome the virus, an estimated 50 to 70 percent of those infected with hepatitis C remain chronically infected.
An estimated one in ten are chronically infected with the virus.
Others who remain chronically infected may be free of symptoms indefinitely.
One person in 20 throughout the world, or over 350 million people, are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus and remain infectious to others.
The toxin is believed to trigger liver cancer in people who are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus.
People chronically infected with a virus are known as carriers.
If your urine is chronically infected with certain organisms, you can be prone to getting kidney stones of a specific composition as well.
Several studies have shown that cells that are chronically infected with the bacteria go through a multistep transformation.
In the United States it has been estimated that 2.7 million people are chronically infected.