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Descriptor
English
:
Hepatitis B
Descriptor
Spanish
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Hepatitis B
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Hepatite B
Tree Number:
C02.256.430.400
C02.440.435
C06.552.380.705.437
Definition
English
:
INFLAMMATION of the
LIVER
in
humans
caused by a member of the
ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS
genus,
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated
blood
or
blood
products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
chronic =
HEPATITIS B
, CHRONIC
History Note
English
:
77; was HEPATITIS, HOMOLOGOUS SERUM 1963-76
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
6664
Unique Identifier:
D006509
Occurrence in VHL
:
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