Hepatitis B (HBV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease. The 2024 HBV guidelines provide updated evidence-informed recommendations on key priority topics. These include expanded and simplified treatment criteria for adults but now also for adolescents; expanded e...

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WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...

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La guía está dirigida a profesionales médicos que trabajan en los Servicios de Gastroenterología y Medicina Interna tanto de niños como de adultos, de los diversos Servicios de Salud del país; médicos a cargo de los Programas de Trasplantes de Hígado y a profesionales no médicos: enfermeras o ma...

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