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Hepatitis B virus

"Hepatitis B virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hepatitis B virus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hepatitis B virus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 38 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015
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