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by MedExpert on November 3rd, 2007

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What are the causes and symptoms of hepatitis b?

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  • by MedExpert on November 3rd, 2007

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    With the exception of HBV, all the common viruses that cause hepatitis are known as RNA viruses because they contain ribonucleic acid or RNA as their genetic material. HBV is the only deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA virus that is a major cause of hepatitis. HBV is made up of several fragments, called antigens, that stimulate the body's immune system to produce the antibodies that can neutralize or even destroy the infecting virus. It is, in fact, the immune reaction, not the virus, that seems to cause the liver inflammation.

    Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.";

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