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MeSH Heading: Hepatitis B, Chronic
Tree Number(s): C01.221.250.500.100; C01.925.256.430.400.100; C01.925.440.435.100; C06.552.380.350.100; C06.552.380.705.437.100; C23.550.291.500.477.500
Unique ID: D019694
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019694
Scope Note: INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS B VIRUS lasting six months or more. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Entry Term(s): Chronic Hepatitis B; Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection; Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Chronic
NLM Classification #: WC 536
Previous Indexing: Chronic Disease (1973-1997); Hepatitis B (1973-1997); Hepatitis, Chronic (1983-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2021/03/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

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)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0029244
Scope Note: INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS B VIRUS lasting six months or more. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Terms: Hepatitis B, Chronic Preferred Term
Term UI T058564
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Chronic
Term UI T000908393
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Term UI T000908394
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Chronic Hepatitis B
Term UI T058563
Date11/04/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Hepatitis B, Chronic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025