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a 16 YO high school dropout develops urticaria and arthralgia , he reports that his urine is dark and his sclera are yellow , he has not felt well for the past week or so and has quit smoking because the cigarettes started to taste funny.,the most likely causative agent is?

A.icosahedral enveloped DS DNA
B. icosahedral naked DS DNA
C.helical naked negative SS RNA
D.linear enveloped + SSRNA
E.helical enveloped - SSRNA
F.licosahedral naked +SS RNA

A...............

A cos of Hep B

aaa

hepatitis B ( dane particlesthe infectious particle of hepatitis B) icosahedral DS DNA.

can you tell me why not hepatitis A

hepatitis A= picornavirus ( polio echo rhino coxsackie and hep A) which is a kind of naked + SSRNA

amin how q differ with Hepatitis B virus?

honestly i dont know why the answer is hepatitis B ( this q is from kaplan notes), probably because most of time hep A is benign ....any idea?