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.
Providing a new paradigm to hepatitis B understanding, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
The hepatitis A virus – like HIV or Ebola as well – is of likely animal origin. An international team of researchers under the lead of the University of Bonn uncovered the evolutionary origins of the
DZIF scientists from the Heinrich Pette Institute (HPI), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology have identified two sequences in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome that could be targeted for
(26/11/2014) Virologist Stephan Urban from the University of Heidelberg will receive the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research, worth 5000 Euros. It will be awarded for the first time at the
Viruses such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) can persist by depositing their genetic information in the cell nucleus. An international team of scientists headed by Prof. Ulrike Protzer and Prof. Mathias
