TY - JOUR TI - Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis B virus infection AU - Giovanni Raimondo AU - Stephen Locarnini AU - Teresa Pollicino AU - Massimo Levrero AU - Fabien Zoulim AU - Anna S. Lok AU - Jean‐Pierre Allain AU - Thomas Berg AU - Antonio Bertoletti AU - Maurizia Rossana Brunetto AU - Raffaele Bruno AU - Ding‐Shinn Chen AU - Nicola Coppola AU - Markus Cornberg AU - Antonio Craxı̀ AU - Maura Dandri AU - V. Di Marco AU - Carlo Ferrari AU - Giovanni Battista Gaeta AU - Dieter Glebe AU - Luca G. Guidotti AU - Anna Kramvis AU - Pietro Lampertico AU - Chengyao Li AU - Jake T. Liang AU - Alfredo Marzano AU - T.I. Michalak AU - Jean–Michel Pawlotsky AU - Daniele Prati AU - Massimo Puoti AU - Didier Samuel AU - Vincent Soriano AU - Giovanni Squadrito AU - Camille Sureau AU - Christian Trépo AU - Man‐Fung Yuen PY - 2019 JO - Journal of Hepatology DO - 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.03.034 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2019.03.034 AB - In October 2018 a large number of international experts with complementary expertise came together in Taormina to participate in a workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI). The objectives of the workshop were to review the existing knowledge on OBI, to identify issues that require further investigation, to highlight both existing controversies and newly emerging perspectives, and ultimately to update the statements previously agreed in 2008. This paper represents the output from the workshop. ER -