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Hepatitis b

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  1. 1
    An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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