Viral Hepatitis: Scientific Basis and Clinical Management

Abstract

The editors of Viral Hepatitis have gathered a formidable international collection of authors representing many major research groups. The first part of the book is an alphabetical approach to hepatitis virology, topics including, for each virus: structure and molecular virology; natural history and epidemiology (for all except hepatitis B); diagnosis and, when appropriate, prevention; treatment; and liver cancer (heapatitis B and C). It is a good time to review progress in hepatitis C virology since the molecular cloning of the virus in 1989 - and a sobering thought that we are capable of providing diagnostic …