Viral Hepatitis B and C Need to be Approached as A Major Public Health Problem in Latin America - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Hepatitis B and C viruses, although in their genomic structure  are  very  different,  share  several  characteristics.  Both  can  induce  acute  hepatitis,  chronic  hepatitis  and  progression  to  cirrhosis having oncogenic capacity  related  to  the  development  of   hepatocellular   cancer,   both  are associated with systemic autoimmune  manifestations and, both B virus (genome DNA)  and  C virus (genome RNA) have the ability to avoid immune response of the infected host [1,2].

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