Hepatitis A outbreak in popular European destinations has sickened thousands, primarily affecting unvaccinated individuals ...

The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide and causes ...

Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam have identified, with unprecedented accuracy, key proteins that the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) needs to enter cells. The discovery, reported in ...

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects the liver and can cause acute or chronic illness. The virus’s life cycle involves entering liver cells and producing new virus cells to trigger infections in ...

The virus infects liver cells, typically establishing a "silent" infection for decades until liver damage becomes severe enough to cause symptoms. It is projected that roughly 60 million people ...

Hepatitis D is the most severe of all viral hepatitis infections, leading to quick onset of liver scarring and liver cancer. The pathogen that causes the disease, hepatitis D virus, is a virus ...

Structure and Genome of Hepatitis B Virus. HBV is quite small compared to many other viruses, measuring just 3.2 kb in genome size. Unlike typical DNA viruses, ...

Outbreaks have been reported in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia, with apparent cross-border and person-to-person transmission.

March 5: Louisville is epicenter for more than 100 cases of hepatitis A Jan. 9: Hepatitis C spike in Cincinnati links HIV to injection-drug use In 2016, almost 3,000 cases were reported to the CDC ...

The structure of the hepatitis B virus. The hepatitis B virus is interesting in its ability to use relatively few virus proteins to carry out a wide range of actions.

The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide and causes ...