The natural history and the staging of chronic hepatitis B: time for reevaluation of the virus-host relationship based on molecular virology and immunopathogenesis considerations?

MeSH terms

• DNA, Viral / genetics
• Evolution, Molecular*
• Hepatitis B Antibodies / immunology*
• Hepatitis B Antibodies / metabolism
• Hepatitis B e Antigens / genetics
• Hepatitis B e Antigens / immunology*
• Hepatitis B e Antigens / metabolism
• Hepatitis B virus / genetics*
• Hepatitis B virus / immunology*
• Hepatitis B virus / physiology
• Hepatitis B, Chronic / immunology
• Hepatitis B, Chronic / virology*
• Humans
• Liver / pathology
• Liver / virology
• Mutation / genetics
• Phylogeny
• Viral Core Proteins / genetics
• Viral Core Proteins / metabolism
• Virus Replication / genetics
• Virus Replication / physiology