Category Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Hepatitis A

Abbreviations HAV hepatitis A virus IgG immunoglobulin G IgM immunoglobulin M Introduction The hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a nonenveloped, small, single-stranded RNA picornavirus that replicates within hepatocytes, producing symptomatic or asymptomatic infection in humans. Hepatitis A induces an immune…

Hepatitis D

Abbreviations ALT alanine aminotransferase HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen HBV hepatitis B virus HCC hepatocellular carcinoma HCV hepatitis C virus HDV hepatitis delta virus Introduction Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is the sole member of the genus Deltavirus and is estimated…

Treatment of Hepatitis B

Abbreviations ALT alanine aminotransferase anti-HBc hepatitis B core antibody anti-HBe hepatitis B e antibody anti-HBs hepatitis B surface antibody Cas9 clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats–associated 9 CHB chronic hepatitis B CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats HBeAg hepatitis…