28 July 2014 is World Hepatitis Day. Millions of people across the world are infected by one of the five known viruses (A, B, C, D, E). Nearly 1.4 million people die from it every year.
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. It can have a viral or toxic origin (when alcohol abuse or the use of certain drugs are involved). It is a disease that can lead to a spontaneous cure or develop into cirrhosis or cancer of the liver.
Research is currently aimed at strengthening prevention, screening and combatting viral hepatitis.
Philippe ROINGEARD
Unité Inserm 966 Morphogénèse et antigénicité du VIH et des virus des hépatites (MAVIVH)
Téléphone : +33 (0)2 47 36 60 71
Adresse électronique : rf.sruot-vinu.dem@draegnior
Jean-Michel PAWLOTSKY
Unité Inserm 955 Institut Mondor de recherche biomédicale (IMRB)
Equipe physiopathologie et thérapeutique des hépatites virales et chroniques
Téléphone : +33 (0)1 49 81 28 27
Adresse électronique : rf.phpa.nmh@ykstolwap.lehcim-naej