Viral Hepatitis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management
A special issue of Diseases (ISSN 2079-9721).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 436
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute our Special Issue entitled “Viral Hepatitis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management”. Viral hepatitis is a main public health concern that can become chronic, and eventually lead to end-stage liver disease. Viral hepatitis is also one of the leading indications for liver transplantation. Hepatitis can be classified into acute and chronic based on the duration of the inflammation in the liver. Depending on the etiology of hepatitis, the severity of acute hepatitis can range from mild and self-limiting to severe illness requiring liver transplantation.
Viral hepatitis is most frequently caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). These three viruses can lead to an acute disease with signs and symptoms of nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, malaise, and jaundice. Other viruses known to cause hepatitis include hepatitis D virus (HDV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV). Acute infection with HBV and HCV can lead to chronic infection. For HDV infection to occur, HBV infection must have occurred previously or concurrently. Chronic hepatitis may lead to the development of liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and portal hypertension, corresponding to significant morbidity and mortality.
This Special Issue aims to reveal the current evidence for the diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and chronic viral hepatitis. It aims to discuss the challenges associated with screening, diagnosis, referral of viral hepatitis and current and future treatment options and areas of potential research interests.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Screening and diagnosis of viral hepatitis.
- Diagnosis and management of acute hepatitides (A, B, C, D, E);
- Diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitides (B, C, D);
- Prevention of reactivation of HBV infection;
- Management of coinfections (HBV/HCV, HBV-HIV, HCV/HIV);
- Management of chronic HBV and HCV infections in special patient groups;
- Management of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and portal hypertension.
Dr. Veysel Tahan
Dr. Resat Ozaras
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- viral hepatitis
- acute hepatitides (A, B, C, D, E)
- chronic hepatitides (B, C, D)
- HBV infection
- HBV/HCV
- HBV-HIV
- HCV/HIV
- cirrhosis
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- portal hypertension
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