HBV

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A form of hepatitis B virus — A virus that causes the disease hepatitis B.

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Meanings

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of hepatitis B virus.

    In humans, HBV infection caused a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute hepatitis to chronic cirrhosis in the liver.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280
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