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.
Treatment. Overview: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a relatively small, partially double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus and a member of the Hepadnaviridae (hepa = liver, dna = deoxyribonucleotide, viridae = virus) family of hepatotropic viruses, that causes hepatitis (Figure 1).reatment. Overview: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a relatively small, partially double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus and a member of the Hepadnaviridae (hepa = liver, dna = deoxyribonucleotide, viridae = virus) family of hepatotropic viruses, that causes hepatitis (Figure 1).