An infectious illness caused by hepatitis B virus which causes an inflammation of the liver of hominoidea, including humans.
an acute form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus and transmitted by sexual contact or ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
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