The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a coated DNA virus that causes hepatitis B infection.
Synonyms
Hepatitis B virus
Detailed description
Hepatitis B is the most common chronic viral infection worldwide. The virus exists in blood and other body fluids. It infects human liver cells and propagates in them.
Stephan Urban, DZIF professor at Heidelberg University Hospital, receives the Baruch S. Blumberg Prize 2023 from the Hepatitis B Foundation, a global non-profit organisation. The virologist is being
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Around 300 million people are living with a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and currently there is no cure for the disease. A team of researchers around DZIF professor Ulrike Protzer from
