B virus

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Cercopithecid herpesvirus 1

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• Background Synonyms: Monkey B virus is now known as Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1.
• Symptomatic human infection with B-virus is rare; fewer than 40 cases were reported from 1933 to 1994 (1,4-7,13-15; CDC, unpub.
• How do people get infected ? Hepatitis B virus is transmitted by contact with blood or body fluids of an infected person in the same way as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS.
• The hepatitis B virus is 100 times more infectious than the AIDS virus.
• How do you catch hepatitis B virus? Blood from a person infected with hepatitis B virus is heavily contaminated with the virus.

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