The highly unusual lawsuit underscores moves by Hepatitis B carriers to use legal channels to challenge what they say is endemic discrimination against the estimated120 m Chinese infected by the virus.

• 这起极不寻常的诉讼突显出，乙肝病毒携带者开始通过法律渠道，挑战被他们称之为对中国约1.；2亿乙肝病毒携带者的地方病歧视。