The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness

Jeffrey V. Lazarus; Timothy Block; Christian Bréchot; Anna Kramvis; Veronica Miller; Michael Ninburg; Capucine Pénicaud; Ulrike Protzer; Homie Razavi; Laura A. Thomas; Jack Wallace; Benjamin C. Cowie

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The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness

Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Timothy Block, Christian Bréchot, Anna Kramvis, Veronica Miller, Michael Ninburg, Capucine Pénicaud, Ulrike Protzer, Homie Razavi, Laura A. Thomas, Jack Wallace, Benjamin C. Cowie

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Abstract

More than 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). In this Comment, members of the International Coalition to Eliminate HBV appraise the current policy environment and the need for appropriate cure research and preparedness to complement the WHO global elimination strategy, the HBV vaccine and the well-tolerated but poorly accessed therapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-518
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume	15
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-018-0041-6
State	Published - 1 Sep 2018
Externally published	Yes

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