General aspects of hepatitis (virus diversity, epidemiology, acute and chronic hepatitis, long-term effects); general laboratory parameters, pathology and development of disease; transmission (faecal-oral, parenteral, sexual, vertical), risk groups and the carrier state; Hepatitis A Virus (HAV); Hepatitis E Virus (HEV); pathology of chronic infections (cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma); Hepatitis B Virus (HBV); Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV); Hepatitis C Virus (HCV); sexual and vertical transmission of hepatitis, neonatal hepatitis and effects of co-infections; differential diagnosis and monitoring of hepatitis infections; management of chronic infections; vaccines, vaccine failures, mutants and novel vaccine strategies; new hepatitis viruses and animal hepatitis models; economics of control and prevention; future prospects.

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