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hepatitis B
noun
- a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus hepatitis B virus, or HBV that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
hepatitis B
noun
- a form of hepatitis caused by a virus transmitted by infected blood (as in transfusions), contaminated hypodermic needles, sexual contact, or by contact with any other body fluid Former nameserum hepatitis
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hepatitis B1
Example Sentences
Legislation was passed last summer to compensate individuals who contracted HIV and hepatitis B or C as a result of NHS treatments.
He is also a doctor who is proud of his work to get tens of thousands of children vaccinated against hepatitis B, a disease that can lead to liver failure, cirrhosis and cancer.
Cassidy, a physician, also confronted Kennedy on his false suggestions that the measles and hepatitis B vaccines caused autism.
But the fallout of certain ones — including TB, HIV, and hepatitis B — is not always felt immediately.
She says it has meant treatments for conditions like cystic fibrosis and hepatitis B are getting NHS funding.
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