ProjektHEPNET – Hepatitis Delta International Network
Grunddaten
Akronym:
HEPNET
Titel:
Hepatitis Delta International Network
Laufzeit:
01.08.2016 bis 31.07.2020
Abstract / Kurz- beschreibung:
Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis D viral infections in Vietnam is being investigated under this project.
The Hepatitis Delta International Network is a research network of scientists, physicians and other health care
professionals whose aim is to gather clinical information on patients with hepatitis delta from all over the world.
Chronic hepatitis delta is caused by the co-infection of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Hepatitis delta is considered the most severe form of chronic hepatitis, but the mechanisms by which it damages the liver are not clear, and the drugs that are currently used to treat it are not as good as we would like them to be. The aim of this research is to obtain a better understanding of the nature of this disease, which would facilitate the management of patients with hepatitis delta and would make the development of new medicines for hepatitis delta possible.
The Hepatitis Delta International Network is a research network of scientists, physicians and other health care
professionals whose aim is to gather clinical information on patients with hepatitis delta from all over the world.
Chronic hepatitis delta is caused by the co-infection of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Hepatitis delta is considered the most severe form of chronic hepatitis, but the mechanisms by which it damages the liver are not clear, and the drugs that are currently used to treat it are not as good as we would like them to be. The aim of this research is to obtain a better understanding of the nature of this disease, which would facilitate the management of patients with hepatitis delta and would make the development of new medicines for hepatitis delta possible.
Beteiligte Mitarbeiter/innen
Leiter/innen
Medizinische Fakultät
Universität Tübingen
Universität Tübingen
Lokale Einrichtungen
Abteilung VII, Tropenmedizin
Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik (Department)
Kliniken und klinische Institute, Medizinische Fakultät
Kliniken und klinische Institute, Medizinische Fakultät