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Hepatitis B
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hepatitis agents, gb
Proposed members of the family flaviviridae. Gbv-b causes hepatitis in tamarins and possibly humans, and is the putative aetiological agent of a non-(a-e) hepatitis, gb hepatitis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hepatitis+agents,+gb
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hepatitis B
[n] - an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=hepatitis%20B
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hepatitis B
A blood-borne virus (for which there is a vaccine) which primarily affects the liver and, like HIV, has few or no symptoms immediately after infection. It can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy, and can cause cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis, and liver cancer. Found op http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/h/
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Hepatitis B
A prescribed disease caused by a virus which produces inflammation of the liver. The virus is particularly resilient and resists common antiseptics and even boiling water, and can live in the environment for weeks. Occupations at risk are predominantly health care workers, teachers, police and custo... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474
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Hepatitis B
Viral disease affecting the liver, that may be acute or chronic, and can be life-threatening. In developed countries, 95% of sufferers make full recoveries. Symptoms include: fever, malaise, fatigue, jaundice, abdominal tenderness, and elevated liver enzymes. In its chronic form, Hepatitis B may res... Found op http://thewellnessshop.co.uk/healthandwellbeing/glossary.html
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Hepatitis B
a form of hepatitis (generally more serious than hepatitis A) caused by the hepatitis B virus, which is transmitted through sexual contact or contact with infected blood or body fluids Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=H
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Hepatitis B
Our Hepatitis B Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Hepatitis B Hepatitis B: Inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), once thought to be passed only through blood products. It is now known that hepatitis B can also be transmitted via need... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3708
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hepatitis B
Virion (Dane particle), 42nm diameter, with an outer sheath enclosing inner 27nm core particle containing the circular viral DNA. Aggregates of the envelope proteins are found in plasma and are referred to as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg; previously called Australia antigen). Causes 'serum hep... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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hepatitis B
<virology> A form of viral hepatitis, known as serum hepatitis, because it is commonly spread through contact with infected blood products (transfusion). May also be spread sexually or from mother to infant. Hepatitis B can cause a much more severe infection than hepatitis A and can occur as a... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hepatitis+B
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hepatitis B
a type caused by exposure to hepatitis B virus; the most common route of transmission is through blood and blood products, such as in transfusions or contaminated needles. The virus has also been found in body fluids such as tears, saliva, and semen, which qualifies this as a sexually transmitted di... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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hepatitis B
(from the article `Blumberg, Baruch S.`) American research physician whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B led to the development by other ... ...that is caused by at least five viruses with different properties. Hepatitis A is caused by a picornavirus usu... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/38
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Hepatitis B
A severe liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV can be found in the blood of a person that is infected. The disease is commonly spread through blood-to-blood contact or other bodily fluids. Because women can pass the infection to their child during pregnancy and birth, 90% ... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/H/2
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hepatitis B
Type: Term Synonyms: viral hepatitis type B Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=40345
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Hepatitis B
Inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), once thought to be passed only through blood products. It is now known that hepatitis B can also be transmitted via needle sticks, body piercing and tattooing using un sterilized instruments, the dialysis process, sexual and even less int... Found op http://www.medicinenet.com/food_poisoning/glossary.htm
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hepatitis B
A potentially serious viral disease that affects the liver; can be transmitted through sexual contact or through contact with infected blood. Found op http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookglossh.html
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Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is an infectious inflammatory illness of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects hominoidea, including humans. Originally known as "serum hepatitis", the disease has caused epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa, and it is endemic in China. About a third of the world... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B
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hepatitis non-A, non-B
A virus somewhat similar in size to Hepatitis A but has no antigenic cross-reaction with either A or B.
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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hepatitis non-A, non-B
<virology> A virus somewhat similar in size to Hepatitis A but has no antigenic cross reaction with either A or B. Many of the cases are in fact hepatitis C and this was the old term for hepatitis C. ... (20 Sep 2002) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hepatitis+non-A,+non-B
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Hepatitis, non-A, non-B
Hepatitis, non-A, non-B: The old name for hepatitis C when the causative virus had not been identified but it was known not to be hepatitis A or B. Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3713
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