Research progress of therapeutic vaccines for treating chronic hepatitis B

• Main Authors: Jianqiang Li (Author), Mengru Bao (Author), Jun Ge (Author), Sulin Ren (Author), Tong Zhou (Author), Fengchun Qi (Author), Xiuying Pu (Author), Jia Dou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a member of Hepadnavirus family, which leads to chronic infection in around 5% of patients with a high risk of developing liver cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite the availability of prophylactic vaccines against hepatitis B for over 3 decades,...