Chronicles of HBV and the Road to HBV Cure
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Chronic hepatitis B remains a major public health concern and leading cause of morbidity mortality worldwide, specifically through its causative role in chronic liver disease hepatocellular carcinoma. Worldwide, it affects up to 292 million people. In this paper, we review the historic discovery virus chronicle significant advances our understanding interactions with human host disease. We also overview advancements therapies for current absence curative highlight on-going therapeutic efforts search control transmission eradicate virus.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Livers
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2673-4389']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/livers3020015