Hepatitis B virus infection

WM Lee - New England journal of medicine, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
The hepatitis B virus (HBV), discovered in 1966, infects more than 350 million people
worldwide. 1 Hepatitis B is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular …

Understanding hepatitis B virus infection

D Moradpour, JR Wands - New England Journal of Medicine, 1995 - Mass Medical Soc
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) results in a broad spectrum of liver disease, ranging
from subclinical infection to acute, self-limited hepatitis and fatal, fulminant hepatitis …

Medical virology of hepatitis B: how it began and where we are now

WH Gerlich - Virology journal, 2013 - Springer
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to acute or chronic hepatitis. HBV infections
were previously much more frequent but there are still 240 million chronic HBV carriers …

The immunology of hepatitis B

JM Vierling - Clinics in liver disease, 2007 - Elsevier
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an enveloped, hepatotrophic, oncogenic hepadnavirus that is
noncytopathic for hepatocytes. HBV infection results in a variety of outcomes that are …

Viral determinants and host immune responses in the pathogenesis of HBV infection

M Rapicetta, C Ferrari, M Levrero - Journal of medical virology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a virus that infects about 350,000,000 people worldwide with a
clinical spectrum of acute hepatitis, the healthy carrier state, cirrhosis and hepatocellular …

Hepatitis B virus

C Shih, CC Yang, G Choijilsuren, CH Chang… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
This infographic about hepatitis B virus explores its replication cycle, natural history of
infection and pathogenesis, and how this can be controlled and treated. Hepatitis B virus …

Hepatitis B infection: pathogenesis and management

ASF Lok - Journal of hepatology, 2000 - Elsevier
Although hepatitis B is an ancient disease, most of the advances in our knowledge of its
epidemiology, prevention, pathogenesis, natural history and treatment were made in the last …

Hepatitis B virus immunopathogenesis

FV Chisari, C Ferrari - Annual review of immunology, 1995 - annualreviews.org
Approximately 5% of the world population is infected by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that
causes a necroinflammatory liver disease of variable duration and severity. Chronically …

Hepatitis B virus biology

C Seeger, WS Mason - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepadnaviruses (hepatitis B viruses) cause transient and chronic infections of the liver.
Transient infections run a course of several months, and chronic infections are often lifelong …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatitis B: the virus and disease

TJ Liang - Hepatology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 300 million people worldwide and is a common
cause of liver disease and liver cancer. HBV, a member of the Hepadnaviridae family, is a …