Betekenis van:
hepatitis b

hepatitis b
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. HEPATITIS B, ACUTE (Hepatitis B virus)
    2. HEPATITIS B, ACUTE
    3. History, clinical evidence, or laboratory evidence of HIV, acute or chronic hepatitis B (except in the case of persons with a proven immune status), hepatitis C and HTLV I/II, transmission risk or evidence of risk factors for these infections.
    4. Children aged less than 18 months born from mothers with HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HTLV infection, or at risk of such infection, and who have been breastfed by their mothers during the previous 12 months, cannot be considered as donors regardless of the results of the analytical tests.
    5. The clinical criteria of some diseases do not allude to the fact that many acute cases are asymptomatic, (e.g. hepatitis A, B and C, campylobacter, salmonellosis) although these cases may still be important from a public health perspective on national level.
    6. Reviewing the good practices in preventing drug-related blood-borne infectious diseases, in particular hepatitis (B/C), among injecting drug users to provide adequate guidance documents for practitioners and patients from different settings and vulnerable groups having taken into account an evaluation of the health, social, and economic impacts. [Financing mechanism: Call for proposals]