Hepatitis B virus
"Hepatitis B virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The type species of the genus ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS which causes human HEPATITIS B and is also apparently a causal agent in human HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. The Dane particle is an intact hepatitis virion, named after its discoverer. Non-infectious spherical and tubular particles are also seen in the serum.
| Descriptor ID |
D006515
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.375.650.425 B04.450.390.650.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepatitis B virus- Hepatitis B virus
- B virus, Hepatitis
- Hepatitis B viruses
- virus, Hepatitis B
- viruses, Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis Virus, Homologous Serum
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