A spotlight on neglected hepatitis
On World Hepatitis Day, Dr Philippa Matthews, a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, puts the spotlight on neglected viruses including…
Dr Philippa C Matthews
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. Honorary Consultant in Clinical Infection, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A robust new virus
Human parvovirus 4, ‘PARV4’, is a tiny, robust DNA virus. In the decade since it was first reported – the…
Why Hepatitis B Isn’t On Its Way Out (Yet)
Is hepatitis B infection a problem that will gradually fizzle out over time? On initial reflection, it is easy to…