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Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

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Hepatitis B with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease leads to increased risk of mortality • Mar. 7, 2025, 12:40 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

Discovery paves way for new hepatitis B treatment • Feb. 22, 2025, 11:56 PM ET (News-Medical)

Digging into a decades-old hepatitis B mystery suggests a new potential treatment • Feb. 20, 2025, 11:37 PM ET (Medical Xpress)

NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing • Feb. 14, 2025, 11:44 PM ET (BBC)

Fatty liver could protect against hepatitis B: study • Feb. 14, 2025, 12:37 AM ET (Taipei Times)

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Also Known As	serum hepatitis

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

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hepatitis B vaccine notifiable disease hepatitis B virus bloodborne disease hepatocellular hepatitis AIDS Ebola yellow fever dengue hepatitis C viral hemorrhagic fever Rift Valley fever

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Baruch S. Blumberg, 1976.

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