Today, chronic viral hepatitis is considered as a public health problem in the world. Totally, 5% of the world population, especially in Asia and Africa suffer from this problem. The prevalence of acute hepatitis in America is 0.1-0.2 percent, 50% of those with hepatitis C (HCV) and 5-10% of them with hepatitis B (HCV) develop chronic hepatitis. Determining HBV and HCV genotypes is important to...

Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Modulates Apoptosis in Primary Rat Hepatocytes by Regulating both NFB and the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Amy J. Clippinger, Tricia L. Gearhart, and Michael J. Bouchard* Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...