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Clinical advances in infectious diseases in 2017

  

  1. Department of Infectious Disease, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Online:2018-01-05 Published:2018-01-22
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Zhao Caiyan, Email: zhaocy2005@163.com

Abstract:

Much progress has been made in the field of infectious diseases in 2017. In the area of prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis, WHO has set the overall goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a major public health threat by 2030. Along with renewing  in natural history of HBV infection, definition of  functional cure, and new agents for treatment of  chronic hepatitis B in 2017, the European Association of  Hepatology has updated the hepatitis B guidelines,new antihepatitis C virus drugs have been listed. This article summarizes the latest research results of infectious diseases in 2017.

Key words: hepatitis, viral, human;hepatitis B;HIV, communicable diseases