Multiple choice

Which of the following infectious diseases is caused by a partially double-stranded DNA virus?

  1. Hepatitis A

  2. Hepatitis B

  3. Hepatitis C

  4. Hepatitis D

  5. Hepatitis E
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Hepatitis B is an infectious illness of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B virus is a DNA virus and is enveloped. The DNA is only partly double-stranded and forms a circle of around 3200 bases.

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