Glossary of HIV/AIDS Terms
This glossary contains 1,600 terms and is maintained by the editors of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS.
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hepatitis B (acronym HBV, aka serum hepatitis): a blood-borne viral disease of the liver. Hepatitis B becomes chronic in about 5-10% of infected adults and 90% of infected infants; untreated chronic HBV can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Standard treatments are interferon, 3TC, and adefovir; an HBV vaccine is available.