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Medical Virology of Hepatitis B: how it began and where we are now

19 Jul 2013

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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 today and ca. 620,000 die per year from the late sequelae liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatitis B was recognized as a disease in ancient times, but its etiologic agent was only recently identified. The first clue in...

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PMID: 23870415
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-10-239

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