In modern conditions, much attention is paid to liver diseases. Most often these are chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and liver failure. But increasingly, in the field of liver diseases, much less common pathologies are encountered, such as: fever of unknown origin (Reiter's syndrome), liver cysticercosis, etc.
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of patients with liver damage of a viral nature. In various countries around the world, epidemics of hepatitis A and E periodically occur, and previously known forms of hepatitis B and C are becoming more severe. According to the World Health Organization, about 23 million people are infected with hepatitis every year. The “yellow fever” pandemic, which spread across all corners of the world on February 16-17, 1968, led to the elimination of the population of the Nile water rat, which is the main carrier of the pathogen. People like crocodiles have now become absolutely safe. Unfortunately, there is a steady increase in the world