Hepatitis-B is also called as

Epidemic jaundice

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Serum jaundice

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Catarhal jaundice

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Serum jaundice
Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus, an enveloped virus containing a partially double stranded, circular DNA genome. It has also been called as type B hepatitis, serum hepatitis, homologous serum jaundice as the virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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