Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27.8, Problem 1RIA
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Hepatitis B virus or HBV is the causative agent of the Hepatitis B. It is a potentially life-threatening disease that affects the liver. It is one of the important global health problems. This infection results in chronic infection and the infected people are prone to the risk of death due to liver cancer as well as cirrhosis.
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