Around 20% of patients chronically infected with this virus will experience fulminant failure of the organ it infects.
Three start codons in this organism's genome divide it into pre-S1, pre-S2, and S sections. It's not Epstein-Barr virus, but this agent is the most common cause of a form of infantile papular acrodermatitis named for Gianotti and Crosti. Around 30% of patients with polyarteritis nodosa are infected with this virus. Entecavir and telbivudine are treatments for this virus, whose receptor is NTCP, and its complete enveloped form is sometimes called the Dane particle. One antigen from this virus, denoted "e", is correlated with high replication rates, and packing cells with another antigen from this virus gives them a "ground glass" appearance. Tracking infection with this virus involves assaying for its (*) surface and core antigen, and antibodies to the same. Its incubation period is around 120 days, and the delta agent satellite can only propagate in the presence of this virus. Around 20% of patients chronically infected with this virus will experience fulminant failure of the organ it infects. This virus is blocked by a three-course vaccine usually began at birth. For 10 points, name this partly-double-stranded DNA virus which causes a form of hepatitis.
Three start codons in this organism's genome divide it into pre-S1, pre-S2, and S sections.
Hepatitis B [or HBV]