Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
Second-line antiviral (for chronic hepatitis B infection) therapies for managing treatment failure. Among people with evidence of treatment failure due to confirmed or suspected antiviral resistance (based on history of previous exposure or primary non-response) to lamivudine, entecavir, adefovir or telbivudine, switching to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is recommended. Tenofovir alafenamide may be considered as an alternate regimen, if available
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Originally Developed
Guideline
Guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis B infection
Year2015
InstitutionWorld Health Organization