Hepatitits B virus is deadly and communicable like HIV virus but it is 100 times more infectious than HIV and spreads much faster. It spreads through blood and unsafe sex.

Recently several cases of Hepatitits B have been reported in Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat, 2 hours away from Ahmedabad. According to reports, 70 cases of Hepatitits B have been reported all over Sabarkantha district. Some of these patients have slipped into coma whereas 19 others have died. FIR has been filed against seven doctors for using infected syringes.

Malayappan Thennarasan, the top administrative official of the state's Sabarkantha district said: "It appears to be a mutant form (of hepatitis)."