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The 18 pages that link to Hepatitis B, each with the reason it gives.

• CirrhosisRelated: Chronic infection can sustain inflammation that advances to cirrhosis.

• Human papillomavirusCompared with: It is another virus linked to cancer, but infects a different organ system.

• HIV/AIDSCompared with: Like HIV, it has chronic infection and prevention strategies, but targets different organs.

• HIVCompared with: Like HIV, hepatitis B can be sexually and blood transmitted, but it infects different cells and has a vaccine.

• Asymptomatic infectionBroader topic: Chronic infection can persist for years without noticeable symptoms.

• Hepatitis CCompared with: It can also cause chronic liver disease, but has a vaccine unlike HCV.

• ViremiaBroader topic: HBV DNA in blood helps characterize infection and monitor antiviral treatment.

• Acute liver failureRelated: Acute infection or reactivation can produce severe liver injury and failure.

• Vertical transmissionRelated: Transmission around birth is a major route in some regions and can be prevented with newborn prophylaxis.

• Hepatitis ACompared with: Unlike HAV, hepatitis B can persist as a chronic infection and spread through blood or sexual contact.

• AflatoxinRelated: Chronic infection and aflatoxin exposure can combine to raise liver-cancer risk.

• InfliximabRelated: Infliximab may reactivate hepatitis B, making screening and monitoring important.

• Hepatitis ECompared with: Unlike typical acute HEV, hepatitis B can become a chronic infection and has a distinct transmission pattern.

• Polyarteritis nodosaRelated: A minority of polyarteritis nodosa cases are associated with hepatitis B infection.

• Hepatitis DCompared with: Unlike HBV alone, HDV requires HBV but can make the combined disease more severe.

• Harvey J. AlterCompared with: Ruling out hepatitis B showed that some transfusion-associated cases had another cause.

• Maurice HillemanRelated: Hilleman’s vaccine enabled prevention of an infection that can lead to lifelong illness and liver cancer.

• Baruch Samuel BlumbergNarrower topic: The disease whose virus Blumberg identified and whose prevention his vaccine enabled.