The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness

Lazarus JV, Block T, Bréchot C, Kramvis A, Miller V, Ninburg M, Pénicaud C, Protzer U, Razavi H, Thomas LA, Wallace J, Cowie BC. The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Sep;15(9):517-518. doi: 10.1038/s41575-018-0041-6. PMID: 30050162.

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Summary

More than 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). In this Comment, members of the International Coalition to Eliminate HBV appraise the current policy environment and the need for appropriate cure research and preparedness to complement the WHO global elimination strategy, the HBV vaccine and the well- tolerated but poorly accessed therapy.