Unraveling hepatitis B virus infection of mice and men (and woodchucks and ducks)
Stephan Menne
& Bud C. Tennant
Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
bct@cornell.edu
The development of liver diseases in patients suffering from chronic hepatitis B infection is determined by the nature of the host immune response. Several factors have made this immune response difficult to study, but recently developed animal models will help clear the way.
