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MeSH Heading: Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Tree Number(s): C01.925.440; C06.552.380.705
Unique ID: D006525
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006525
Annotation: coordinate IM with pre-coordinated virus disease term (IM) but note specific viral hepatitis terms
Scope Note: INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans due to infection by VIRUSES. There are several significant types of human viral hepatitis with infection caused by enteric-transmission (HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E) or blood transfusion (HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; and HEPATITIS D).
Entry Term(s): Viral Hepatitis, Human
NLM Classification #: WC 536
Previous Indexing: Hepatitis A (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 77; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B was heading 1980-91 (see under HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN 1980-90), was see HEPATITIS C 1992-93
Online Note: use HEPATITIS C to search HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B 1980-93
History Note: 77; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B was heading 1980-91 (see under HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN 1980-90), was see HEPATITIS C 1992-93
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/27
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Hepatitis, Viral, Human MeSH Descriptor Data 2025