Satellite Symposium SS06 (Sponsored by Chiron)

Occult hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Pathogenesis

Monday July 3, 18.00 - 19.30

18.00-18.05
Welcome and opening (Nico Lelie, Chiron, France)

18.05-18.30
HBV screening in liver donors (Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France)

18.30-18.55
Occult HBV infection and pathogenesis (Giovanni Raimondo, University of Messina, Italy)

18.55-19.20
Infectivity of HBsAg negative blood donations: early phase and escape mutants (Wolfram Gerlich, University of Giessen, Germany)

19.20-19.30
Discussion
Moderators Solko Schalm, Erasmus University Hospital, Rotterdam
Nico Lelie, Chiron, France

19.30
Closure