Consequences of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the histopathological appearance of the liver.
The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is believed to have infected approximately a third of the global population, causing 1-2 million deaths annually (Murray et al. 2002), although this number is in decline since the introduction of an effective vaccine. Part of the Hepadnaviridae, HBV has a partially double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid genome (dsDNA). (more…)
