hepatitis B
human viral infection
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Summary
hepatitis B is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 7,232 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #48 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[4], viral hepatitis[5], Hepadnaviridae infectious disease[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Hepatitis B[8]
- Afflicts: liver[9]
- Symptoms and signs: nausea[10], jaundice[11], hepatomegaly[12], anorexia[13], arthralgia[14], vomiting[15], hepatitis[16], hepatic encephalopathy[17], acute liver failure[18], splenomegaly[19]
- Has cause: Hepatitis B virus[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hepatitis B[21]
- Medical examination: blood test[22], liver biopsy[23], polymerase chain reaction[24], ELISA[25]
- Disease transmission process: haemocontact transmission of pathogen[26], placental transmission[27]
- Number of deaths: 887,000[28]
- Facet of: women's health[29]
- Number of cases: 257,000,000[30]
- ICD-9-CM: 070.30[31]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3097[32]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[33]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: adefovir[34], tenofovir alafenamide[35], lamivudine[36], tenofovir disoproxil[37], peginterferon alfa-2a[38], entecavir hydrate[39], bicyclol[40]
- Genetic association: HLA-DQB2[41], UBE2L3[42], HLA-DPA1[43], HLA-DPB1[44], GRIN2A[45]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2043[46], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2043[47]
Why It Matters
hepatitis B has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]