Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 652-657 , October 2008

Statements from the Taormina expert meeting on occult hepatitis B virus infection

  • Giovanni Raimondo

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0 90 2212392; fax: +39 0 90 935162.
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  • Jean-Pierre Allain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cambridge Blood Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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  • Maurizia R. Brunetto

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Marie-Annick Buendia

      Affiliations

    • Unité d’Oncogenèse et Virologie Moléculaire and PT Puce à ADN, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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  • Ding-Shinn Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Massimo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • First Division of Gastroenterology, A.M.& A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Diseases, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Antonio Craxì

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Di.Bi.M.I.S., University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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  • Francesco Donato

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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  • Carlo Ferrari

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Laboratory of Viral Immunopathology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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  • Giovanni B. Gaeta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Wolfram H. Gerlich

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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  • Massimo Levrero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Gene Expression, Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Stephen Locarnini

      Affiliations

    • Research and Molecular Development,Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Thomas Michalak

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Science, and Discipline of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health Science Centre, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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  • Mario U. Mondelli

      Affiliations

    • Area Infettivologica,Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo and Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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  • Jean-Michel Pawlotsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Virology, French National Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis B, C and delta, and INSERM U841, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris XII, Créteil, Paris, France
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  • Teresa Pollicino

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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  • Daniele Prati

      Affiliations

    • First Division of Gastroenterology, A.M.& A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Diseases, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
    • Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
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  • Massimo Puoti

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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  • Didier Samuel

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Paul Brousse, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Université Paris-Sud, UMR-S 785, INSERM U785, Villejuif, France
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  • Daniel Shouval

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Antonina Smedile

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastro-Hepatology, San Giovanni Battista (Molinette) Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Giovanni Squadrito

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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  • Christian Trépo

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U871, 26 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôtel Dieu, Service d’Hépatologie, Lyon, France
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  • Erica Villa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Hans Will

      Affiliations

    • Heinrich-Pette-Institut für experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie an der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Alessandro R. Zanetti

      Affiliations

    • First Division of Gastroenterology, A.M.& A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Diseases, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Fabien Zoulim

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U871, 26 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôtel Dieu, Service d’Hépatologie, Lyon, France

☆ The participants at this meeting declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this meeting report.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00479-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.07.014

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 652-657 , October 2008

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