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18067957

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty years after its discovery, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) still remains a major global public health problem. Worldwide, two billion subjects have been infected, 300 million have a chronic infection and more than 600,000 die annually of HBV-related liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma; new infections occur because of the presence of a large reservoir of chronic carriers of the virus. The knowledge of the HBV organization and replication cycle and the availability of sensitive HBV-DNA assays have led to remarkable progress in our understanding of the natural history of chronic hepatitis B infections. Crucial to the prevention of new infections, to the management and the monitoring of HBV carriers and to the choice of best treatment strategy, is the understanding of the natural dynamism of HBV infection and of the virus-host interactions that induce liver damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0098-2997
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-84
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic HBV-related liver disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Gastrohepatology Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. mrizzetto@molinette.piemonte.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review