Table of Contents:
  • Virus structure and its genome
  • Prevention: universal vaccination
  • Geographic distribution
  • HBV transmission
  • Special HBV mechanisms
  • The immune reaction and different phases
  • Chronic hepatitis B serology
  • Viral markers
  • Risk of becoming a carrier
  • Available treatments and their goals
  • Medications
  • Reistance to antiviral treatment
  • Mutants
  • HCC screening
  • Survival