In guidance the results of long-term labour of authors are presented on the problems of viral hepatitis, mainly making progress chronic and heavy forms taking into account original researches of prominent representatives of Leningrad-Petersburg school of epidemiologists-infectiologists, surgeons, патоморфологов and biochemists. From new positions major directions of laboratory diagnostics and monitoring are lighted up to antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis of different degree of activity, and also in the cirrhotic stage of disease and гепатоцеллюлярной карциномы.Original methods over of prognosis are brought, treatment and prophylaxis of complications of portal hypertension for patients with the cirrhotic stage of disease by perfection of surgical tactics and complex application of modern endoscopic and эндоваскулярных technologies. Approaches of фармакотерапии of viral hepatitis come into question with ВИЧ-коинфекцией. In a book there is the processed and complemented information from guidance for doctors "Chronic viral hepatitis and hepatocirrhosis" 2006 edited А. Г. Рахмановой.Edition is intended for the wide circle of specialists : general, internists, infectiologists, gastroenterologists, laboratory doctors-assistants, surgeons, emergency physicians practitioners.