infectious hepatitis
11hepatitis A — ā n an acute usu. benign hepatitis caused by a single stranded RNA virus of the family Picornaviridae (species Hepatitis A virus of the genus Hepatovirus) that does not persist in the blood serum and is transmitted esp. in food and water… …
12Hepatitis F virus — Hepatitis F is a hypothetical virus linked to hepatitis. Several hepatitis F candidates emerged in the 1990s; none of these reports have been substantiated. [cite journal | author=Uchida T | title=Genetic variations of the hepatitis B virus and… …
13hepatitis A — n. a form of hepatitis caused by an RNA virus, usually transmitted by contaminated food and water, and characterized by a shorter incubation period and milder symptoms than hepatitis B; infectious hepatitis …
14Vaccination, infectious hepatitis — See Vaccination, hepatitis A …
15avian infectious hepatitis — avian vibrionic hepatitis avian campylobacteriosis …
16infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …
17hepatitis — Inflammation of the liver, due usually to viral infection but sometimes to toxic agents. [hepat + itis] Previously endemic throughout much of the developing world, viral h. now ranks as a major public health problem in industrialized nations. The …
18Hepatitis A — | MeshID = D006506 Hepatitis A, (formerly known as infectious hepatitis ), is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by Hepatitis A virus,cite book | author = Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition =… …
19hepatitis — n. inflammation of the liver caused by viruses, toxic substances, or immunological abnormalities. Infectious hepatitis is caused by viruses, several types of which have been isolated as specific causes of the disease and can be detected by blood… …
20hepatitis — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, adenoiditis, adrenitis, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, appendicitis, arteritis …
