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Abstract
INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans due to infection by VIRUSES. There are several significant types of human viral hepatitis with infection caused by enteric-transmission (HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E) or blood transfusion (HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; and HEPATITIS D).
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Synonyms
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- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Viral Hepatitis, Human
- Human Viral Hepatitides
- Human Viral Hepatitis
- Viral Hepatitides, Human
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Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with pre-coordinated virus disease term (IM) but note specific viral hepatitis terms
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History Note
77; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B was heading 1980-91 (see under HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN 1980-90), was see HEPATITIS C 1992-93
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- Hepatitis A (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Viral Human Hepatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006525
- Viral Human Hepatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hepatitis
- Viral Human Hepatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983841