About this course

The majority of the world’s estimated 250 million chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers live in Asia. The Asian primary care doctor’s role in the prevention, screening, and monitoring of patients with hepatitis B is crucial for timely diagnosis and linkage to ongoing specialist care.

Learning outcomes

• Identify the common symptoms of HBV
• Accurately diagnose HBV
• Prescribe the preferred treatments for HBV

Topics covered

• Overview of HBV infection including epidemiology, transmission and risk factors, prevention, screening, and common symptoms
• Important diagnostic challenges
• Guideline-based therapy with tenofovir alafenamide, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, entecavir, and peginterferon
• Considerations for selecting optimum treatment