Chronic hepatitis B virus infection

WK Seto, YR Lo, JM Pawlotsky, MF Yuen - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection is a global public health threat that causes considerable
liver-related morbidity and mortality. It is acquired at birth or later via person-to-person …

The evolution and clinical impact of hepatitis B virus genome diversity

PA Revill, T Tu, HJ Netter, LKW Yuen… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The global burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is enormous, with 257 million persons
chronically infected, resulting in more than 880,000 deaths per year worldwide. HBV exists …

Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B: a 2012 update

YF Liaw, JH Kao, T Piratvisuth, HLY Chan… - Hepatology …, 2012 - Springer
Large volume of new data on the natural history and treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus
(HBV) infection have become available since 2008. These include further studies in …

[HTML][HTML] Guideline of prevention and treatment for chronic hepatitis B (2015 update)

J Hou, G Wang, F Wang, J Cheng, H Ren… - Journal of clinical and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Chinese Society of Hepatology, Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and the Society of
Infectious Diseases, CMA organized relevant native experts to establish this Guideline of …

Evolutionary analysis of the dynamics of viral infectious disease

OG Pybus, A Rambaut - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2009 - nature.com
Many organisms that cause infectious diseases, particularly RNA viruses, mutate so rapidly
that their evolutionary and ecological behaviours are inextricably linked. Consequently …

[HTML][HTML] Control of cccDNA function in hepatitis B virus infection

M Levrero, T Pollicino, J Petersen, L Belloni… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The template of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transcription, the covalently closed circular DNA
(cccDNA), plays a key role in the life-cycle of the virus and permits the persistence of …

Serum hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B e antigen titers: disease phase influences correlation with viral load and intrahepatic hepatitis B virus markers

AJV Thompson, T Nguyen, D Iser, A Ayres… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Although threshold levels for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen
(HBeAg) titers have recently been proposed to guide therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) …

New insight in the pathobiology of hepatitis B virus infection

M Dandri, S Locarnini - Gut, 2012 - gut.bmj.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health burden and the main risk
factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. However, HBV is not …

[HTML][HTML] Genotypes and viral variants in chronic hepatitis B: A review of epidemiology and clinical relevance

CMN Croagh, PV Desmond, SJ Bell - World journal of hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) has a worldwide distribution and is endemic in many
populations. It is constantly evolving and 10 genotypic strains have been identified with …

Viral hepatitis B: clinical and epidemiological characteristics

GS Burns, AJ Thompson - Cold Spring …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
It is now 50 years since the discovery of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and, despite the
availability of a prophylactic vaccine for more than 20 years, HBV infection remains a …