Clin Chem. 1997 Aug;43(8):1500-6.

Hepatitis B: diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Clinical chemistry

N Gitlin

PMID: 9265901

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection occurs worldwide and is an important cause of acute and chronic viral hepatitis in the US. In this review, I describe the virus, risk factors for infection, clinical features of infection, results of laboratory tests during infection, and standard and emerging treatment for chronic infection. Although 95% of adult patients recover completely from HBV infection, 90% of children < or = 4 years of age develop chronic infection. Active vaccination is highly efficacious.

Substances

• Hepatitis B Antibodies
• Hepatitis B Antigens
• Hepatitis B Vaccines
• Vaccines, Synthetic

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Hepatitis B / diagnosis
• Hepatitis B / epidemiology
• Hepatitis B / prevention & control
• Hepatitis B / therapy
• Hepatitis B Antibodies / blood
• Hepatitis B Antigens / analysis
• Hepatitis B Vaccines*
• Hepatitis B virus / physiology
• Hepatitis B virus / ultrastructure
• Humans
• Infant
• Pregnancy
• Risk Factors
• United States
• Vaccines, Synthetic

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Review