Advances and Challenges in Studying Hepatitis B Virus In Vitro

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small DNA virus that infects the liver. Current anti-HBV drugs efficiently suppress viral replication but do not eradicate the virus due to the persistence of its episomal DNA. Efforts to develop reliable in vitro systems to model HBV infection, an imperative tool for st...

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Main Authors: Dvora Witt-Kehati, Maya Bitton Alaluf, Amir Shlomai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/1/21