Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family of dsDNA-RT viruses. Both acute and chronic hepatitis B can be caused by blood-borne HBV infections. The risk of developing chronic hepatitis B is directly related to the age of first infection, much higher for infants. Chronic hepatitis B may eventaully lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsDNA-RT viruses
H00412 Hepatitis B
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral hepatitis
1E50 Acute viral hepatitis
H00412 Hepatitis B
1E51 Chronic viral hepatitis
H00412 Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B virus infection and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal
World J Gastroenterol 17:4853-7 (2011) DOI:10.3748/wjg.v17.i44.4853
Reference
PMID:16757563 (IFNAR2, IL10RB)
Authors
Frodsham AJ, Zhang L, Dumpis U, Taib NA, Best S, Durham A, Hennig BJ, Hellier S, Knapp S, Wright M, Chiaramonte M, Bell JI, Graves M, Whittle HC, Thomas HC, Thursz MR, Hill AV
Title
Class II cytokine receptor gene cluster is a major locus for hepatitis B persistence.
Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9148-53 (2006) DOI:10.1073/pnas.0602800103
Reference
PMID:19488747 (IFNGR1)
Authors
Zhou J, Chen DQ, Poon VK, Zeng Y, Ng F, Lu L, Huang JD, Yuen KY, Zheng BJ
Title
A regulatory polymorphism in interferon-gamma receptor 1 promoter is associated with the susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection.