HDV was discovered in patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). It generally makes HBV infections more damaging to the liver. It is a subviral satellite agent that depends upon HBV envelope ...

In Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus, Baruch S ... the Australia antigen was shown to be the envelope protein of HBV. For many years, hepatitis B was recognized clinically as the major ...

Functional cure, defined as durable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA titers below the ...

Despite numerous treatment advances, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains ... and hepatitis B s antigen (HBsAg), which is HBV’s envelope protein. In addition to the excess HBsAg ...