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The liver serves as the initial site of filtration of absorbed intestinal luminal contents and is particularly susceptible to contact with microbial antigens of all varieties. In addition to infection by viruses (see Chapter 78, Chapter 79, Chapter 80, Chapter…
Acknowledgment The authors acknowledge the contributions of Drs. Heiner Wedemeyer, Jacqueline G. O’Leary, and Gary L. Davis to this chapter in previous editions of the book. More than 71 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HCV. , In the…