"Hepatitis B virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				The type species of the genus ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS which causes human HEPATITIS B and is also apparently a causal agent in human HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. The Dane particle is an intact hepatitis virion, named after its discoverer. Non-infectious spherical and tubular particles are also seen in the serum.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D006515
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 B04.280.375.650.425 B04.450.390.650.425 B04.909.204.340.650.425 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Hepatitis B virus- Hepatitis B virus
 - B virus, Hepatitis
 - Hepatitis B viruses
 - virus, Hepatitis B
 - viruses, Hepatitis B
 - Hepatitis Virus, Homologous Serum
 
  
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		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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