ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Clinical and virological characteristics of chronic hepatitis B and response to antiviral therapy

Nguyen Thi-Hanh1, Melnikova LI2, Ilchenko LYu1,3, Kyuregyan KK4, Gordeychuk IV3, Bondarenko NL2
About authors

1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Clinical Hospital № 85 of Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

3 Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products, Moscow, Russia

4 Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Nguyen Thi-Hanh
Akademika Volgina, 39, Moscow, 117437, Russia; ur.liam@hnahrd

About paper

Author contribution: Nguyen Thi-Hanh — sample collection, data analysis, manuscript writing; Melnikova LI — sample collection, data analysis; Ilchenko LYu — study design, data analysis, manuscript editing; Kyuregyan KK — literature review; Gordeychuk IV — data analysis; Bondarenko NL — editing and approval of the final version of the article.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (protocol № 213 of 13 December 2021).

Received: 2022-12-08 Accepted: 2023-02-17 Published online: 2023-03-05
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