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NIH/National Institutes of Health, Office of Disease Prevention

NIH Consensus Development Conference: Management of Hepatitis B

Caption: The conference artwork is a stylized representation of the hepatitis B virus (Dane particle) amongst surface antigen filaments and spheres found in the blood of chronically infected patients. The bottom image represents the hepatitis B virus genome, a circular, partially double-stranded DNA molecule. Emanating from the central genome are the various RNA transcripts.

Credit: The artwork was designed by Bryan Ewsichek and Ethan Tyler of NIH Medical Arts and is in the public domain. No permission is needed to use the image.

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