Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection and Vaccine

Dear Colleagues,

According to The Institut Pasteur data, hepatitis B is one of the most prevalent human diseases. It is estimated that two billion people have been infected by the virus. Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) develops in millions of patients every year, despite the availability of effective prophylactic vaccines that can prevent hepatitis B. Chronic carriers have a high risk of dying from cirrhosis or liver cancer. These diseases cause about 887,000 deaths annually. The existing vaccines have proven to be highly effective in preventing HBV infection, but ongoing research aims to improve their efficacy, duration of protection, and accessibility. These vaccines are less effective in certain groups of people such as aged and obese people or are ineffective in chronic HBV carriers.

Therefore, the Special Issue “Hepatitis B virus infection and vaccine” aims to provide a collection of articles that highlight recent advancements in the field of hepatitis B. As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite you to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications related to Hepatitis B infection as well as to prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine development against this virus.

Dr. Irina Sominskaya
Guest Editor

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