When Acute Hepatitis Develops Into Chronic Hepatitis

Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 16:14 in Health & Medicine

Researchers demonstrate how the immune system reacts to a hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis B is the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. It results in either an acute infection or, in rare cases, it can develop into a chronic disease. Researchers have now examined the way in which the immune system reacts differently to both chronic and acute hepatitis B.

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