title: HBV replication, pathobiology and therapy: Unanswered questions.
abstract: This volume explores these and other issues of relevance to our understanding of the HBV life cycle and clinical management of chronic HBV infections. The ultimate goals of these studies is not just to obtain a more precise understanding of the HBV life cycle, but to also acquire an understanding that will lead to more effective treatments for an infection and pathogenic process that currently causes ∼500,000 to 1,000,000 deaths per year.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: seeger@fccc.edu.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000502:physiology*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents