新华社北京电.英美科学家近期在学术刊物《柳叶刀》刊文指出,病毒性肝炎已经成为全世界导致死亡和残疾的主要疾病之一,每年致死人数至少与肺结核、疟疾以及艾滋病等持平。科学家呼吁采取全球性措施应对这一趋势。英国帝国理工学院和美国华盛顿大学研究人员分析了来自183个国家和地区的数据,发现从1990年至2013年的23年间,因急性肝炎、肝硬化以及由病毒性肝炎导致的其他肝病的死亡病例从89万增加到145万。高达96%的死亡病例由可导致 Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China. British and U.S. scientists recently published an article in the academic journal Lancet that viral hepatitis has become one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. At least annual deaths are at least as high as those of tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS. Scientists call for global measures to deal with this trend. Researchers at Imperial College and Washington University in the United States analyzed data from 183 countries and found that deaths from acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, and other liver diseases caused by viral hepatitis occurred between 1990 and 2013 From 8.9 million to 1.45 million. Up to 96% of fatal cases can result