Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus that affects the liver, and it can cause both acute and chronic infection. Many people have no symptoms after exposure; for others, symptoms appear 30 to 180 days after exposure and can include nausea, vomiting, yellowish skin, fatigue, yellow urine and abdominal pain. An infection lasting longer than six months is usually considered chronic, and the likelihood of chronic disease is higher for those infected at a younger age: about 90 percent of those infected during or shortly after birth develop it. Cirrhosis and liver cancer eventually develop in about 25 percent of those with chronic infection. The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids.
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ICD-10 ChapterI: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Hepatitis B
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Source PAHO: EMTCT Plus Initiative 2010-2021 (overview page)overview page, objective sentencetier 1Quote, overview page, objective sentence
The EMTCT Plus initiative aims to achieve and sustain the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, syphilis, Chagas disease, and hepatitis B.
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Source WHO Western Pacific: Baseline Report 2018 on Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in Asia and the PacificRegional framework vision statement, WHO Western Pacific baseline report pagetier 1Quote, Regional framework vision statement, WHO Western Pacific baseline report page
upholds the vision that every infant should be free of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis
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1. Hepatitis B (Wikipedia)
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Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis.
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The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids.
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Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver
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The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids.
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The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids.
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Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver
View the Source2. World Health Organization: ICD-10 Version:2019 - B15-B19
World Health OrganizationICD-10 2019 category B16Quote, ICD-10 2019 category B16
B16.0 Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent (coinfection)
Subunit vaccine (Wikipedia)
Treated By: Subunit Vaccine, Protein subunitQuote, Treated By: Subunit Vaccine, Protein subunit
Protein-based vaccines are being used for hepatitis B and for human papillomavirus (HPV).
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