HBV

English

Noun

HBV

1. Abbreviation of hepatitis B virus.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280:

     In humans, HBV infection caused a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute hepatitis to chronic cirrhosis in the liver.

Related terms

hepatitis B virus

• HAV (“hepatitis A virus”)
• HCV (“hepatitis C virus”)
• HDV (“hepatitis D virus”)
• HEV (“hepatitis E virus”)
• HFV (“hepatitis F virus”)
• HGV (“hepatitis G virus”)

Anagrams

• BVH