Hepatitis B virus infection

Man-Fung Yuen,Ding-Shinn Chen,Geoffrey Dusheiko,Janssen Hla,Lau Dty,Stephen Locarnini,Marion G. Peters,Ching-Lung Lai

Hepatitis B virus infection

2018

Man-Fung Yuen
Ding-Shinn Chen
Geoffrey Dusheiko
Janssen Hla
Lau Dty
Stephen Locarnini
Marion G. Peters
Ching-Lung Lai

Hepatitis B virus is a human hepatotropic DNA virus that can cause a lifelong chronic infection and progressive liver disease. This Primer discusses the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis, prevention and management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Keywords:

Progressive liver disease
Hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase
Virology
Primer (molecular biology)
Hepatitis B virus
DNA virus
Medicine
Epidemiology
Viral load
Liver biopsy
chronic infection
Virus
Viral replication

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