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hepatitis B

noun

Pathology.
  1. 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

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hepatitis B1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Legislation was passed last summer to compensate individuals who contracted HIV and hepatitis B or C as a result of NHS treatments.

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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.

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Cassidy, a physician, also confronted Kennedy on his false suggestions that the measles and hepatitis B vaccines caused autism.

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But the fallout of certain ones — including TB, HIV, and hepatitis B — is not always felt immediately.

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She says it has meant treatments for conditions like cystic fibrosis and hepatitis B are getting NHS funding.

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