Definition of elegy for English Language Learners. : a sad poem or song : a poem or song that expresses sorrow for someone who is dead.
Hepatitis B was first discovered in 1963 by Dr. Baruch Blumberg and colleagues, who identified a protein (the âAustralia antigenâ that reacted to antibodies from patients with hemophilia and leukemia.
The Hepatitis B Virus. The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a mostly double-stranded DNA virus in the Hepadnaviridae family. One of five hepatitis viruses, HBV causes acute and chronic hepatitis in humans.he unusually packaged may indicate that the method of replication employed by HBV is not of conserved DNA replication (Garces, HBVP). HBV Genome. Life Cycle: In order to reproduce, the hepatitis B virus, must first attach onto a cell which is capable of supporting its replication.