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Origins of the ACHV
In 1989 a group of Australian researchers gathered at Fairfield Hospital in Melbourne for an informal, one-day meeting on the virology of duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV). From this date, an annual meeting evolved which has been held at various locations, most significantly at the Quarantine Station, North Head, Sydney, from 1994-2001. Since 2004, meetings have been integrated into the annual Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology (ACH2) Meeting. [continued...]