Recent Advances in Hepatitis B Treatment

Hepatitis B virus infection affects over 250 million chronic carriers, causing more than 800,000 deaths annually, although a safe and effective vaccine is available. Currently used antiviral agents, pegylated interferon and nucleos(t)ide analogues, have major drawbacks and fail to completely eradica...

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Main Authors: Georgia-Myrto Prifti, Dimitrios Moianos, Erofili Giannakopoulou, Vasiliki Pardali, John E. Tavis, Grigoris Zoidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
Subjects:
HBV
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/14/5/417