[The epidemiological aspects of chronic viral diseases of the liver]

The article discusses epidemiological problems of chronic viral hepatic diseases making a thorough analysis of etiological structure of chronic cirrhosis and cancer of liver, describing its social and epidemiological significance, and also its epidemiological danger for other people. The author puts forward strong arguments for the existence of intensive and latent epidemic process of chronic hepatitis in the families, human contingencies and medical establishments. The article makes a scientific substantiation of a system of sanitary-epidemiological supervision and antiepidemic measures in the sites of chronic viral hepatic diseases.