serum hepatitis

See hepatitis B.

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serum hepatitis

(Pathology) a former name for hepatitis B

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hepatitis B

a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus) that persists in the blood and has a long incubation period: usu. transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids. Also called serum hepatitis.

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serum hepatitis - an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids

hepatitis B

viral hepatitis - hepatitis caused by a virus

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Pre-treatment serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels and hepatitis C virus genotype are the main and independent prognostic factors of sustained response to interferon alfa therapy in chronic hepatitis C.

GENOTYPE AND VIRAL LOAD DETERMINATION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, SOUTH INDIA

Serum hepatitis B surface antigen levels predict treatment response to nucleos(t)ide analogues.

Current and future directions for the management of hepatitis B

Negative correlation of serum hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B e antigen levels with the severity of liver in ammation in treatment-naiive patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Association of Cytokines with Alanine Aminotransferase, Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen and Hepatitis B Envelope Antigen Levels in Chronic Hepatitis B

Alanine aminotransferase course, serum hepatitis B virus DNA, and liver stiffness measurement for therapeutic decisions in hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B.

Diagnostic Dilemma for Low Viremia with Significant Fibrosis; is Hepatitis B Virus DNA Threshold Level a Good Indicator for Predicting Liver Damage?

Viral hepatitis previously known as "serum hepatitis" is caused by a DNA virus (HEP B).4 HBV is known to be a leading global cause for acute and chronic liver conditions, every year it acutely affects two billion individuals and also results in 350 million chronic cases.5

HEPATITIS B: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF DENTAL HOUSE OFFICERS

Equine serum hepatitis (i.e., Theiler's disease or idiopathic acute hepatitis) is a serious and often life-threatening disease of horses that was first described in 1919 in South Africa by Sir Arnold Theiler.

New Parvovirus Associated with Serum Hepatitis in Horses after Inoculation of Common Biological Product

Pouteau et al., "Pretreatment serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels and hepatitis C virus genotype are the main and independent prognostic factors of sustained response to interferon alfa therapy in chronic hepatitis C," Hepatology, vol.

Safety of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in a Patient Who Developed Anemia due to Ribavirin

Serum hepatitis C virus RNA and hepatitis B virus DNA in non-A, non-B post-transfusional and sporadic chronic hepatitis.

Frequency of occult hepatitis B in patients awaiting liver transplant

Rapid and sensitive method for the detection of serum hepatitis B virus DNA using the polymerase chain reaction technique.

Hepatitis B virus in the State of Alagoas, Brazil: genotypes characterization and mutations of the precore and basal core promoter regions