The team: Dr Tongai Maponga (PI), Dr Jantjie Taljaard, Dr Shiraaz Gabriels, Dr Monique Andersson and Dr Philippa Matthews

Locations:  Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology, Tygerberg Hospital and Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University, Francie van Zijl Drive, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Description:  The cohort at Stellenbosch University includes adults with HBV, with and without HIV coinfection receiving on-going care from the either the Gastroenterology Clinic or the Infectious Diseases  Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital. Tygerberg Hospital, the largest hospital in the Western Cape province of South Africa, is a tertiary care hospital and serves as a teaching hospital in conjunction with the Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Hepatitis research at Stellenbosch University is conducted by an inter-discipline team consisting of specialist physicians and scientists, with collaborations within South Africa and beyond.