Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by a bloodborne virus.
The scientific name for Hepatitis B virus is Hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is a member of the family Hepadnaviridae.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Hepititus B Virus as you can see the two are not the same
Hepatitis B is a STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) This is a severe infection which can cause problems for both men and women. This can be prevented by using contraception in the form of a condom or femadom.
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No. These are two different illnesses.
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Hepatitis B is a viral, bloodborne infectious agent.
HIV is the most infectious between the following blood borne pathogens; HIV, hepatitis b, hepatitis c.
Hepatitis is actually quite a general term which means inflammation of the liver and so has many causes for example drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune or infectious. On the whole when most people refer to hepatitis they refer to infectious hepatitis often caused by the hepatitis viruses types B & C which have the potential to cause long term (chronic) hepatitis. There are other forms of the hepatitis virus family including types A, D & E and there are other forms of virus which can cause hepatitis. There are non-viral infectious causes of hepatitis including toxoplasma and Q fever (which is a bacteria) but these are rare.
B cells produce antibodies when an infectious bacterium enters the body. Antibodies are proteins that can recognize and bind to specific molecules on the surface of the bacterium, marking it for destruction by other components of the immune system.