Srinagar, Jul 28: Even as J&K intensifies efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis, the actual burden of the disease here remains unknown due to lack of comprehensive epidemiological data, or any representative sero-prevalence study. According to Dr Mir Muhammad Iqbal, J&K Nodal Officer for the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP), around 900 patients with Hepatitis B are on treatment in J&K. In addition, 2500 patients with hepatitis C…