HBV | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

The B virus (HBV) is a coated DNA virus that causes hepatitis B infection.

Synonyms

Hepatitis B virus

Detailed description

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 receives the Baruch S. Blumberg Prize 2023

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

Chronic hepatitis B: Development of a thermostable therapeutic vaccine

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

Aug 2022

Clin Infect Dis

Low Spontaneous Clearance Rates of Recently Acquired Hepatitis C Virus in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men (The PROBE-C Study)

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Monin MB et al.

Aug 2022

Gut

Novel prime-boost immune-based therapy inhibiting both hepatitis B and D virus infections

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Burm R et al.

Aug 2022

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

A ribavirin-induced ORF2 single-nucleotide variant produces defective hepatitis E virus particles with immune decoy function

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Meister TL et al.

Jul 2022

Pathogens

Co-Circulation of Different Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 Subtypes in Pigs and Wild Boar in North-East Germany, 2019

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Priemer G et al.

Jul 2022

J Hepatol

The hepatitis delta virus and chronic hepatitis D

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Dandri M

Volmari A

Lütgehetmann M

Jun 2022

Antivir Res

Identification of structurally re-engineered rocaglates as inhibitors against hepatitis E virus replication

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Praditya DF et al.

Sep 2022

Lancet Infect Dis

Safety and efficacy of bulevirtide in combination with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in patients with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus coinfection (MYR202): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-group, open-label, phase 2 trial

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Wedemeyer H et al.

Negative-stained transmission electron micrograph in black and white of round hepatitis B virus particles in white, in which internal structures are visible, against a dark background.

New study shows significant antiviral activity of the agent bulevirtide for the treatment of chronic hepatitis D virus infection

Between 10 and 20 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis D virus (HDV). HDV infection is always associated with hepatitis B virus infection. So far there has been no satisfactory