Hepatitis B Virus in Human Diseases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Liaw, Yun-Fan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zoulim, Fabien (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Molecular and Translational Medicine,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Hepatology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for students, clinicians, and researchers with an interest in hepatitis B.  The book reviews new data about basic and translational science including the viral life cycle, the immunopatho...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• HBV Virology and Replication
• Experimental Models: Cell Culture and Animal Models
• Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes
• HBV Immunopathogenesis
• Carcinogenesis
• Hepatitis B Virus: Persistence and Clearance
• HDV Virology and Replication
• Translational Medicine in HBV—What Can We Learn from Clinical Samples?
• Global Epidemiology of HBV Infection
• Clinical Virology: Diagnosis and Virologic Monitoring
• Natural History of Hepatitis B Virus Infection
• Natural History of HBV Infection in the Community
• Occult HBV Infection
• The Basis for Antiviral Therapy: Drug Targets, Cross-Resistance and Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors
• IFN-Based Therapy and Management of Patients
• Nucleoside Analogue-Based Therapy and Management of Patients (Including HIV Co-infections, HBV and Pregnancy)
• Organ Transplantation in HBV Infected Patients
• Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus Due to Cancer Chemotherapy and Other Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy
• Immunoprophylaxis of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Its Sequelae
• Towards HBV Eradication.