hepatitis virus
Liver infection agent
A hepatitis virus is any virus that causes hepatitis—inflammation of the liver.
The major types are designated by letter: hepatitis A and E spread through contaminated food or water, while hepatitis B, C, and D transmit through blood and bodily fluids.
She tested positive for hepatitis C virus.
Some cause acute illness; others lead to chronic infection and liver damage.
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- liver damageHarm to detoxifying organ
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- yellow eyesAmber-colored vision organs
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
cirrhosis · blood · blood transfusion · contagious · safe sex · chronic · acute · flu-like symptoms · inflammation · yellowing · fatigue · transmission · needle · antibodies · immune response · carrier · disease · screening
hepatitis virusprion
Self-propagating rogue protein
parasitic infection · bacterial infection · bacterium · bacterial meningitis · E. coli
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