Hepatitis, an
inflammation of the liver parenchyma, is a
viral disease. Addressing the challenges of
hepatitis is very important. Therefore, using nanoparticles (NPs) in solving the problems of
hepatitis diagnosis and treatment can be considered a promising approach. To the best of our knowledge, there are few studies to review the most widely used and effective NPs in the field of
hepatitis. A literature review was performed on the publications available on the subject matter from 2011 to 2021. The keywords in different combinations such as "
hepatitis," "nanobiosensor," "nanoparticles," "drug delivery," "vaccination," "HBV," and "HCV" were searched in databases of PubMed and Scopus. The collected data were then analyzed. Our review study for introducing the widely used metallic, polymeric and
carbon-based NPs with more promising effects in the field of hepatitis virus
infection shows that the most effective metallic NPs were
gold nanoparticles for designing detection sensors. Also, among polymeric NPs,
chitosan NPs seem to be the best nanocarriers in drug delivery and vaccination for
hepatitis and among
carbon-based NPs,
carbon dots had more promising effects for biosensing of
hepatitis. According to the results, it is suggested that more studies could be conducted on these NPs for further studies on
hepatitis as well as other viral
infectious diseases.