Micro 55: Hepatitis Viruses

Clinical Deep Dives · Feb 26, 2026 · 34m

This episode examines the hepatitis viruses, a group of unrelated viruses unified by their shared target: the liver. Drawing from Murray’s Chapter 55, it explores how different genomic strategies converge on hepatocellular injury.

The episode is organised by virus:

* Hepatitis A virus (HAV) - non-enveloped RNA virus, faecal–oral transmission, acute self-limited disease

* Hepatitis B virus (HBV) - partially double-stranded DNA virus with reverse transcription step, blood and sexual transmission, chronic infection potential

* Hepatitis C virus (HCV) - enveloped RNA virus, high chronicity rate

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