Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family of dsDNA-RT viruses. Both acute and chronic hepatitis B can be caused by blood-borne HBV infections. The risk of developing chronic hepatitis B is directly related to the age of first infection, much higher for infants. Chronic hepatitis B may eventually lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral hepatitis
1E50 Acute viral hepatitis
H00412 Hepatitis B
1E51 Chronic viral hepatitis
H00412 Hepatitis B
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsDNA-RT viruses
H00412 Hepatitis B
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H00412
Frodsham AJ, Zhang L, Dumpis U, Taib NA, Best S, Durham A, Hennig BJ, Hellier S, Knapp S, Wright M, Chiaramonte M, Bell JI, Graves M, Whittle HC, Thomas HC, Thursz MR, Hill AV
Title
Class II cytokine receptor gene cluster is a major locus for hepatitis B persistence.