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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-01-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/1/21 |