Diseases

Viral Human Hepatitis

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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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

5 entry terms
  • 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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Previous Indexing

  • Hepatitis A (1966-1976)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Viral Human Hepatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006525
  2. Viral Human Hepatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hepatitis
  3. Viral Human Hepatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983841