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Hepatitis B

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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

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serum hepatitis
plural
Hepatitis BsHepatitis BS
possessive
Hepatitis B's
pluralpossessive
Hepatitis Bs'Hepatitis BS'

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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

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