LP14306-2
Hepatitis B virus
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Descriptions
Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. It was originally known as serum hepatitis and has caused recent epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa. Symptoms of the acute illness include liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice, and rarely, death. Chronic hepatitis B may cause liver cirrhosis which may then lead to liver cancer. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Hepatitis B virus (Wikipedia)
Hepatitis B virus, genus orthohepadnavirus, causes human hepatitis B and may also cause human hepatocellular carcinoma. The Dane particle is an intact hepatitis virion. Non-infectious spherical and tubular particles are also seen in the serum. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Hepatitis B virus
- Part Display Name
- Hepatitis B virus
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- HBV
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 乙型肝炎病毒 Synonyms: HBV; |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Virus Hepatitis B |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Epatite B, virus Synonyms: HBV |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | B-hepatiidi viirus |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Hepatit B virüsü |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Гепатита В вирус |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Virus de l'hépatite B Synonyms: HBV |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Virus de l'hépatite B |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Hepatitis B-virus |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Wirus zapalenia wątroby typu B |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ιός ηπατίτιδας Β Synonyms: Ιός ηπατίτιδας Β |
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