Hepatitis B Virus Infection: An Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; public health; virology; AIDS/HIV; STIs; hepatitis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Hepatitis B Virus; HBV/HIV co-infection; epidemiology; molecular virology; phylogeography; bioinformatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to provide an update on Hepatitis B virus infection, which although is a major public concern, has been eclipsed by interest in other blockbuster infections, which cause AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. HBV has been associated with 686,000 deaths in 2013 or 48% of deaths as a result of hepatitis. Hepatitis caused by either HBV or HCV is the seventh leading cause of human mortality, higher than AIDS at 9th and malaria at 11th and just below tuberculosis at 6th. In the current Special Issue, we will discuss the roadmap towards HBV elimination by 2030; the global epidemiology of HBV and HBV co-infections with HCV, HDV and HIV; viral and host genetic factors associated with HBV prognosis, as well as an update on antiviral therapy, vaccination and the role of viral markers to monitor HBV infection.
Topics covered in this Special Issue:
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Towards the elimination of HBV infection by 2030
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HBV molecular virology
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Molecular epidemiology of HBV infection
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HBV/HIV co-infection
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HBV/HCV co-infection
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HBV/HDV co-infection
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The association of viral genetic factors with clinical progression
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Antiviral therapy
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Host genetic factors associated with chronic hepatitis and disease progression
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The role of Hepatitis B surface and core-related antigens (HBsAg, HBcrAg)
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Potential clinical implications and importance of cccDNA and HBV RNA in monitoring chronic Hepatitis B
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Barriers for testing and treatment of HBV in middle- and low-income countries
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HBV Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Occult HBV Infection
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HBV Vaccination
Prof. Dimitrios Paraskevis Manuscript Submission Information
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