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Human genes involved in hepatitis B virus infection.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Jun 2014
Zeng Zheng
Abstract excerpt
Persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant public health problem because it is a major cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Roughly one-third of the world population has been infected with HBV and there are about 350 million (5%-6%) persistent carriers. HBV causes 80% of all liver cancer cases and is the second most important carcinogen, after smoking...
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