Premium
Hepatitis B treatment in resource poor settings: time for action
Author(s) -
Thursz Mark,
Cooke Graham S.,
Hall Andrew J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02410.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , chronic hepatitis , hepatitis , action (physics) , virology , virus , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Chronic hepatitis B virus infection is common cause of morbidity and mortality in resource poor settings. Now that effective drugs are available, international action is needed to implement treatment programmes.