Statements from the Taormina expert meeting on occult hepatitis B virus infection

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.07.014
• Publication Date: 2008-08-01T09:18:59Z
• Authors: Giovanni Raimondo; Jean-Pierre Allain; Maurizia R. Brunetto; Marie-Annick Buendia; Ding-Shinn Chen; Massimo Colombo; Antonio Craxì; Francesco Donato; Carlo Ferrari; Giovanni B. Gaeta; Wolfram H. Gerlich; Massimo Levrero; Stephen Locarnini; Thomas Michalak; Mario U. Mondelli; Jean-Michel Pawlo...; Teresa Pollicino; Daniele Prati; Massimo Puoti; Didier Samuel; Daniel Shouval; Antonina Smedile; Giovanni Squadrito; Christian Trépo; Erica Villa; Hans Will; Alessandro R. Zan...; Fabien Zoulim
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; HBV; guidelines; Occult hepatitis B virus infection OBI; Seropositive OBI and Seronegative OBI; False OBI; Clinical impact of OBI; Diagnosis of OBI and epidemiological aspects; Risk Factor; Carcinoma; Gastroenterology; Hepatocellular; DNA; Hepatitis B viru; Hepatitis B; Occult hepatitis B virus; molecular detection of HBV DNA; viral hepatitis; HBV transmission; 03 medical and health sciences; Italy; Liver Neoplasm; HBV; OCCULT INFECTION; HBV-DNA; Viral; Human

Giovanni Raimondo*, Jean-Pierre Allain, Maurizia R. Brunetto, Marie-Annick Buendia, Ding-Shinn Chen, Massimo Colombo, Antonio Craxi, Francesco Donato, Carlo Ferrari, Giovanni B. Gaeta, Wolfram H. Gerlich, Massimo Levrero, Stephen Locarnini, Thomas Michalak, Mario U. Mondelli, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Teresa Pollicino, Daniele Prati, Massimo Puoti, Didier Samuel, Daniel Shouval, Antonina Smedile, Giovanni Squadrito, Christian Trepo, Erica Villa, Hans Will, Alessandro R. Zanetti, Fabien Zoulim