Synonym for 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 an asymptomatic carrier...
former name for hepatitis B.
see hepatitis B.
See hepatitis B.
(SH) Type: Term Synonyms: viral hepatitis type B
Serum hepatitis: Hepatitis B. Common Misspellings: serum hepititis, serum hepatitus, serum hepetitis, serum hapatitis
An acute form of liver failure in adult horses associated in most cases with the injection of some biological product of equine origin, usually tetanus antitoxin; also called Theiler's disease.