Hepatitis B Virus in Human Diseases

HBV Virology and Replication.- Experimental Models: Cell Culture and Animal Models.- Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes.- HBV Immunopathogenesis.- Carcinogenesis.- Hepatitis B Virus: Persistence and Clearance.- HDV Virology and Replication.- Translational Medicine in HBV-What Can We Learn from Clinical Samples?.- Global Epidemiology of HBV Infection.- Clinical Virology: Diagnosis and Virologic Monitoring.- Natural History of Hepatitis B Virus Infection.- Natural History of HBV Infection in the Community.- Occult HBV Infection.- The Basis for Antiviral Therapy: Drug Targets, Cross-Resistance and Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors.- IFN-Based Therapy and Management of Patients.- Nucleoside Analogue-Based Therapy and Management of Patients (Including HIV Co-infections, HBV and Pregnancy).- Organ Transplantation in HBV Infected Patients.- Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus Due to Cancer Chemotherapy and Other Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy.- Immunoprophylaxis of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Its Sequelae.- Towards HBV Eradication.