HEPATITIS A VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatitis A virus mean? 

• HEPATITIS A VIRUS (noun)
  The noun HEPATITIS A VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the virus causing hepatitis A

  Familiarity information: HEPATITIS A VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATITIS A VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The virus causing hepatitis A

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hepatitis A virus" is a kind of...):

enterovirus (any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system))

 Context examples 

Acute inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus.

(Hepatitis A Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

An inactivated virus vaccine that provides active immunization against hepatitis A virus (HAV).

(hepatitis A vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of hepatitis A virus antibody IgM in a biological specimen.

(Hepatitis A Virus Antibody IgM Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The vaccine is made of a weakened form of the virus that cannot cause disease but causes the body’s immune system to make antibodies that destroy the hepatitis A virus.

(hepatitis A vaccine, NCI Dictionary)

One type, hepatitis A, is caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV).

(Hepatitis A, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

This allele, which encodes hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 2 protein, is involved in the activation of macrophages and helper T cells.

(HAVCR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine used to prevent infection with the hepatitis A virus, which causes a serious liver disease.

(hepatitis A vaccine, NCI Dictionary)