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What is changed in HBV molecular epidemiology in Italy?
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2018
Lai Alessia, Sagnelli Caterina, Presti Alessandra L, Cella Eleonora, Angeletti Silvia, Spoto Silvia, Costantino Sebastiano, Sagnelli Evangelista, Ciccozzi Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection represents the most common cause of chronic liver diseases worldwide. Consequently, to the introduction of the universal HBV vaccination program, the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen was markedly reduced and less than 1% of the population of Western Europe and North America is chronically infected. To date, despite great advances in therapeutics, HBV chronic infection is...
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