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.

Oct 2018

Gut

Quantification of large and middle proteins of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) as a novel tool for the identification of inactive HBV carriers

Autoren

Pfefferkorn M et al.

Oct 2018

Sci Rep

Laboratory diagnostics of murine blood for detection of mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV)-induced hepatitis

Autoren

Stahl FR et al.

Oct 2018

Genes (Basel)

The Global Hepatitis B Virus Genotype Distribution Approximated from Available Genotyping Data

Autoren

Velkov S et al.

Sep 2018

J Virol

T5 exonuclease hydrolysis of Hepatitis B Virus replicative intermediates allows reliable quantification and fast drug efficacy testing of covalently closed circular DNA by PCR

Autoren

Qu B et al.

Sep 2018

J Infect

Epidemiologic estimates of Hepatitis E Virus infection in European countries

Autoren

Horn J et al.

Sep 2018

J Infect Dis

Detection of a broad range of low level MHC class II-restricted Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV)-specific T cell responses regardless of the clinical status

Autoren

Landahl J et al.

Sep 2018

Mol Ther Nucleic Acids

One-Vector System for Multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 against Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA Utilizing High-Capacity Adenoviral Vectors

Autoren

Schiwon M et al.

Aug 2018

Nature

Author Correction: Ancient hepatitis B viruses from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period

Autoren

Muhlemann B et al.

First Professor of Translational Virology

It all began 20 years ago with Pekin duck breeding in Kirchheim near Heidelberg. At the time, duck was the model of choice for hepatitis B research, which Stephan Urban also used to discover a peptide

Award winner, without airs and graces

The hepatitis C research success story is also his story: Ralf Bartenschlager, a virologist at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, has been researching the hepatitis C virus for