Biochimica molecolare nella diagnostica delle epatiti

Hepatitis viruses are the most important etiological agents of liver disease worldwide and, consequently, are the main responsible for development of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. A prompt and accurate diagnosis of viral infection is necessary to start a specific pharmacological treatment in order to prevent the liver diseases progression. Therefore, the current diagnostic methods - based on molecular biology techniques - are highly sensitive, standardized and reproducible on large scale allowing to detect, amplify, analyse and clone the viral nucleic acids.