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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
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Origin of hepatitis B1
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A former OSHA official under the Obama administration said to my colleagues at The Washington Post that the agency decided against mandating a hepatitis B vaccine for workers who regularly come into contact with blood.
Vaccines are now available for hepatitis B virus, which can cause liver cancer, and human papillomavirus, responsible for most cervical cancers.
Unlike with other vaccines such as hepatitis B, at this time health authorities are not recommending a repeat dose of the coronavirus vaccines for people who do not make antibodies.
By the 1960′s, researchers discovered another form, hepatitis B, a blood-borne liver infection.
It’s also been used as a treatment for rabies, hepatitis B, measles, Ebola, MERS, and SARS.
Hepatitis B plays by the same rules, though the rates of transmission are about 10 times more frequent.
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