Dost Sarpel
Dost Sarpel is assistant professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
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An update on the management of chronic hepatitis B and C infectionSubscription
Chronic hepatitis B and C infection are leading causes of liver-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current therapies for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection consisting of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NA) rarely lead to functional cure. With a better understanding of the HBV lifecycle, novel agents have been developed with the hope of achieving functional cure. The development of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy has led to SVR12 ra