hepatitis B en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
2025 December 5, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards, “CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation”, in NBC News:
Relateds
hepatitis C · hepatitis B virus · hepatitis A · hepatitis E · hep B · hepatitis D
Translations (27)
it epatite B (acute form of hepatitis) · cmn B型肝炎 (acute form of hepatitis) · pl wirusowe zapalenie wątroby typu A (acute form of hepatitis) · yue 乙肝 (acute form of hepatitis) · oc epatiti B (acute form of hepatitis) · ko B형 간염 (acute form of hepatitis) · es hepatitis B (acute form of hepatitis) · ja B型肝炎 (acute form of hepatitis) · cmn 乙型肝炎 (acute form of hepatitis) · vi viêm gan B (acute form of hepatitis) · yue B型肝炎 (acute form of hepatitis) · ro hepatită B (acute form of hepatitis) · az hepatit B (acute form of hepatitis) · fa هپاتیت ب (acute form of hepatitis) · yue 乙型肝炎 (acute form of hepatitis) · ru гепати́т B (acute form of hepatitis) · pl WZW typu A (acute form of hepatitis) · cmn 乙肝 (acute form of hepatitis) · yue B肝 (acute form of hepatitis) · de Hepatitis B (acute form of hepatitis) · nl hepatitis B (acute form of hepatitis) · cmn B肝 (acute form of hepatitis) · kk вирусты гепатит В (acute form of hepatitis) · fr hépatite B (acute form of hepatitis) · fi hepatiitti B (acute form of hepatitis) · pt hepatite B (acute form of hepatitis) · sv hepatit B (acute form of hepatitis)