APASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of chronic hepatitis B infection: a 2026 update.

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Title: APASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of chronic hepatitis B infection: a 2026 update.
Authors: You H; Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China., Maiwall R; Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India., Chen J; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Ahn SH; Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea., Dokmeci K; Liver Transplantation Center, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey., Dou X; Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China., El-Sayed M; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Fan JG; Center for Fatty Liver, Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Key Lab of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China., Gani R; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia., Gao Z; Hepatic Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China., George J; Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Ghazinian H; Yerevan Medical Scientific Center, Yerevan, Armenia., Goh G; Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Hamid S; Aga Khan University, Karachi-74800, Pakistan., Hou J; Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China., Huang SC; Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan., Ji D; Senior Department of Hepatology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China., Jia J; Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China., Kanda T; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Minamiuonuma, 949-7302, Japan., Kao JH; National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan., Kim YJ; Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, South Korea., Lesmana CRA; Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Medical Faculty Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia., Mohamed R; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ning Q; Department and Institute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China., Ormeci N; Istanbul Health and Technology University, Istanbul, Turkey., Otsuka M; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan., Payawal D; Department of Medicine, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Mandaluyong, Philippines., Thuy PT; Partnership for Health Advancement in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam., Sailey K; Communicable Disease Control Department & Secretariat of Viral Hepatitis, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia., Sharma MK; Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India., Sollano JD; Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines., Sun J; Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China., Tanwandee T; Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand., Thompson A; St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia., Wang FS; Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100039, China., Wang G; Department of Infectious Disease, Center for Liver Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China., Wei L; School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Wong GLH; Medical Data Analytics Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Wong VWS; Medical Data Analytics Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Yeoh EK; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Yip TC; Medical Data Analytics Centre, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Yu ML; Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan., Zhang W; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China., Zhuang H; Department of Microbiology and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China., Lai CL; The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Omata M; Yamanashi Hospitals (Central and Kita) Organization, 1-1-1 Fujimi, Kofu-Shi, Yamanashi, 400-8506, Japan., Sarin SK; Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India., Lau G; Humanity and Health Clinical Trial Center, Hong Kong SAR, China. gkklau@netvigator.com.; Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. gkklau@netvigator.com.
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Source: Hepatology international [Hepatol Int] 2026 Jun 27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 27.
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