RT Book, Section
A1 Orosz, Evan
A1 Pyrsopoulos, Nikolaos T.
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
A2 Santibañes, Martin de
A2 Santibañes, Eduardo de
SR Print(0)
ID 1180107370
T1 Hepatitis B Infection
T2 Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462517
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180107370
RD 2024/04/19
AB Hepatitis  B  virus  (HBV)  is  an  enveloped,  double-stranded  DNA  virus  within  the  family  of  Hepadnaviridae.Transmission  occurs  predominantly  by  percutaneous  or  mucosal  contact  with  hepatitis  B  surface  antigen  (HBsAg)–infected  blood  or  other  bodily  fluids  from  people  with  acute  or  chronic  infection.The  incubation  period  of  HBV  infection  is  4  to  24  weeks.1HBV  causes  both  acute  and  chronic  liver  disease,  with  clinical  symptoms  ranging  from  asymptomatic,  subclinical  to  fulminant  hepatitis,  or  decompensated  cirrhosis  (e.g.,  complications  of  variceal  bleed,  ascites,  spontaneous  bacterial  peritonitis,  hepatic  encephalopathy,  hepatocellular  carcinoma,  hepatorenal  syndrome,  or  hepatopulmonary  syndrome).The  course  of  HBV  infection  is  determined  by  viral  replication  and  the  level  of  immune  response  in  the  patient.Despite  increasing  medical  availability,  effective  antiviral  treatments,  and  a  vaccination  available  since  1981,  hepatitis  B  infection  remains  an  ongoing  global  health  concern.