TY - JOUR A1 - Piramanayagam, Paramasivan A1 - Choudhuri, Gourdas A1 - Singh, Shivaram T1 - Hepatitis B: News from the research world Y1 - 2008/1/1 JF - Hepatitis B Annual JO - Hep B Annual SP - 146 EP - 162 VL - 5 IS - 1 UR - https://www.hepatitisbannual.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9747;year=2008;volume=5;issue=1;spage=146;epage=162;aulast=Piramanayagam DO - 10.4103/0972-9747.58812 N2 - Hepatitis B is the leading cause of chronic viral hepatitis across the world, especially in developing countries. Over 400 million people across the world are estimated to be harboring the infection. This section highlights a few important published articles on hepatitis B viral infection and discusses the significance of the results and conclusions of these articles. It is hoped that this review would enable treating physicians and students to comprehend the significance of these specially selected articles better, which should result in better understanding and management of patients with chronic hepatitis B viral infection. ER -