Claus-Thomas Bock, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin D-13353, Germany

Silvia Fargion, MD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, IRCCS Ca'Granda Foundation Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan 20122, Italy

Pietro Invernizzi, MD, PhD, Head, Liver Unit and Center for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano 20089, Italy

Yeong Yeh Lee, FACP, FRCP (C), MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Department of Medicine, Lee, YY (reprint author), Hosp Univ Sains Malaysia, Dept Med, 7th Floor, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kota Bahru, Malaysia., Kota Bahru 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia

Eman AE Abushady, PhD, Full Professor, Microbiology, Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, New Cairo R695-11651, Cairo, Egypt

Juan G Acevedo, MD, PhD, Attending Doctor, Doctor, South West Liver Unit, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth PL68DH, Devon, United Kingdom

Monjur Ahmed, FACG, FACP, FASGE, MD, MRCP, Associate Professor, Doctor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States

Shahinul Alam, FCPS, MD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Noha G Bader El Din, PhD, Professor, Microbial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Center, Cairo 12622, Egypt

Lakshmi Bala, PhD, Professor, Professor and Head , Deptt of Biochemistry, BBDCODS, BBD University, Faizabad Road, www.bbdcods.edu.in, Lucknow 227105, UP, India

Bulent Baran, FEBG, MD, Academic Research, Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul 34010, Turkey

Francesco Bellanti, MD, PhD, Doctor, Research Associate, Teaching Assistant, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia 71122, Italy

Fernando O Bessone, MD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, University of Rosario School of Medicine, Rosario 2000, Argentina

Dimitrios P Bogdanos, MD, PhD, Reader (Associate Professor), Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Thessaly Medical School, Larissa 41110, Greece

G Borgia, MD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Coll Med, Univ S Alabama, Mobiles, AL 36688, United States

Mauro Borzio, MD, Medical Assistant, Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Presidio Osped Cernusco Naviglio, Milano 20141, Italy

Nouhoum Bouare, DSc, PhD, Research Scientist, Diagnosis and Biomedical Research, National Institute of Research in Public Health, Bamako 200, Missabougou SEMA, Mali

Luis Cesar Bredt, FRCS (Gen Surg), FRCS (Hon), Chief Doctor, Professor, Surgical Oncologist, Abdominal and Hepatobilary Surgery, Cancer Hospital UOPECCAN, Cascavel 85000, Parana, Brazil

Rostyslav V Bubnov, LLB, MD, PhD, Academic Research, Doctor, Research Scientist, Staff Physician, Surgeon, Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics and Interventional Sonography, Clinical Hospital “Pheophania” of Administration of President of Ukraine, Kyiv 03157, Ukraine

Roberto J Carvalho-Filho, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology Section, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 04023-060, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Agustin Castiella, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Staff Physician, Gastroenterology Service, Donostia University Hospital, Donostia 20014, Spain

En-Qiang Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China

Kenneth SH Chok, FRCS (Ed), MBBS, MD, Associate Professor, Surgeon, Departmen of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , China

María Jesus Citores, BSc, PhD, Research Scientist, Teaching Assistant, Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda 28222, Madrid, Spain

Julio CU Coelho, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba 80240-110, Parana, Brazil

Yasar Colak, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Medical Faculty, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34730, Turkey

Zhi Dai, PhD, Professor, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040001, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Samuele De Minicis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ancona, School of Medicine, Fermo 63061, Italy

Fabrizio De Ponti, MD, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna I-40126, Italy

Jose A Del Campo, PhD, Research Scientist, Senior Scientist, Department of Digestive Diseases, Valme University Hospital, Sevilla 41014, Spain

Mark Deneau, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, United States

Melisa Dirchwolf, MD, Attending Doctor, Liver Unit, Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario , Argentina

Levent Doganay, MD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology Department, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34760, Turkey

Hatem Elalfy, MD, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Endemic Medicine, Hepatology Gastroentrology and Infectious Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

Mahmoud M El-Bendary, MD, Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology, Mansoura University, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura 35111, Egypt

Ahmet Tarik Eminler, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya 54040, Turkey

Fatemeh Farshadpour, PhD, Associate Professor, the Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 7514633341, Iran

Israel Fernandez-Pineda, MD, Surgeon, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Virgen del Rocio Children's Hospital, Sevilla 41013, Spain

Giovanna Ferraioli, MD, Doctor, Senior Research Fellow, Ultrasound Unit, Infectious Diseases Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia 27100, Italy

Catherine T Frenette, MD, Doctor, Department of Organ and Cell Transplantation, Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States

Rocio Gallego-Duran, PhD, Academic Research, Institute of Biomedicine of Sevilla (IBiS), UCM Digestive Diseases, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Biomedical Research Networking Center, Sevilla 41014, Spain

Rita Garcia-Martinez, PhD, Doctor, Liver Unit, Digestive Disease Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid 28007, Spain

Matteo Garcovich, MD, PhD, Academic Fellow, Doctor, Senior Research Fellow, Staff Physician, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome 00168, Italy

Genco Gencdal, MD, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Gastroenterology Hepatology Liver Transplantation, Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil Universitesi, School of Medicine, Istanbul 34100, Turkey

George S Gherlan, MD, PhD, Doctor, Department of Infectious Diseases, "Dr. Victor Babes" Center for Diagnostics and Treatment, Bucharest 030303, Romania

Antonio Giorgio, MD, Director, Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit , Tortorella Clinical Institute, Naples, Campania 80122, Italy

Rossano Girometti, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine 33100, Italy

Mohit Girotra, FACP, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States

Angelique Gougelet, PhD, Research Scientist, INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris 75014, France