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Serological pattern of anti-HBc alone infers occult hepatitis B virus infection in high-risk individuals in Iran

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Introduction: Anti-hepatitis B core antibody (Anti-HBc) alone is defined as the presence of anti-HBc in the absence of HBsAg and anti-HBs. The significance of this serological pattern as a predicting factor for occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ...
Amitis Ramezani, Mohammad Banifazl, Ali Eslamifar, Arezoo Aghakhani   +3 more
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Detection of hepatitis B virus DNA in sera from 18 alcoholic carriers of "anti-HBc alone" and response to a single dose of hepatitis B vaccine Pesquisa de DNA do vírus da hepatite B no soro de 18 alcoolistas portadores de "anti-HBc isolado" e resposta a uma dose da vacina para hepatite B [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2008
To evaluate the possibility of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in alcoholics carriers of "anti-HBc alone", and to verify the behavior of this serological pattern after a single dose of hepatitis B vaccine, 18 alcoholics who had this serological ...
Luiz Carlos Marques de Oliveira, Priscilla Dias Silva Abrahão, Sergio Borges de Amorim   +2 more
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Occult HBV among anti-HBc + alone and not alone samples: mutation analysis of S Gene

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi
Objective To investigate the status of occult hepatitis B virus infection(OBI) among blood donors in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and to analyze the mutation of S region in blood donors with anti-HBc+ alone and non anti-HBc+ alone.
Jianxun ZHENG, Shiquan WU, Zhenzhen LIU, Sujun JIANG   +3 more
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Occult HBV among Anti-HBc Alone: Mutation Analysis of an HBV Surface Gene and Pre-S Gene. [PDF]

Yonsei Med J, 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate the molecular characteristics of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in 'anti-HBc alone' subjects.Twenty-four patients with 'anti-HBc alone' and 20 control patients diagnosed with HBV were analyzed regarding S and pre-S gene mutations. All specimens were analyzed for HBs Ag, anti-HBc, and anti-HBs.
Kim MH, Kang SY, Lee WI.
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Serological pattern “anti-HBc alone”: Characterization of 552 individuals and clinical significance [PDF]

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006
To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of "anti-HBc alone" in an unselected population of patients and employees of a university hospital in southern Germany.All individuals with the pattern "anti-HBc alone" were registered over a time span of 82 mo.
Antje, Knöll, Arndt, Hartmann, Harald, Hamoshi, Karin, Weislmaier, Wolfgang, Jilg   +4 more
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Clinical significance of "anti-HBc alone" in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. [PDF]

World J Gastroenterol, 2009
To determine the prevalence and clinical relevance of isolated antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen as the only marker of infection ("anti-HBc alone") among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 infected patients. Occult hepatitis B infection frequency was also evaluated.Three hundred and forty eight histories from 2388 HIV-positive patients were
Pérez-Rodríguez MT, Sopeña B, Crespo M, Rivera A, González del Blanco T, Ocampo A, Martínez-Vázquez C.   +6 more
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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort. [PDF]

, 2015
Haemodialysis patients are at increased risk of exposure to blood borne viruses. To reduce transmission in the UK, all haemodialysis patients are regularly screened, and if susceptible to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ...
Cross, J, Davenport, A, Haque, T, Labbett, W, O'Riordan, A, Patel, M, Sowole, L   +6 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection among institutionalized mentally ill patients in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: The main objective was to evaluate HBV infection and occult HBV infection (OBI) cases in mentally ill patients based on serological and molecular profiles. Material and methods: Serum samples of 333 long-stay mentally ill patients were tested
Tatiane Cinquini Moraes, Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori, Menira Souza, Tâmera Nunes Vieira Almeida, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Ítalo de Araújo Castro, Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso   +6 more
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Efficient processing of an antigenic sequence for presentation by MHC class I molecules depends on its neighboring residues in the protein [PDF]

, 1991
Processing of endogenously synthesized proteins generates short peptides that are presented by MHC class I molecules to CD8 T lymphocytes. Here it is documented that not only the sequence of the presented peptide but also the residues by which it is ...
Braciale, Chimini, Colbere-Garapin, Del Val, Del Val, Del Val, DeLisi, Falk, Falk, Ganem, Hans-Jürgen Schlicht, Jonjić, Junker, Keil, Margarita Del Val, Matthias J. Reddehase, Nassal, Ou, Parham, Ponta, Reddehase, Reddehase, Rothbard, Rötzschke, Rötzschke, Schlicht, Schlicht, Thomas Ruppert, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Ulrich H. Koszinowski, Van Bleek, Volkmer, Yewdell   +36 more
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Contribution of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus to liver cancer in China north areas: Experience of the Chinese National Cancer Center

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) on primary liver cancer (PLC) in China north areas.
Minjie Wang, Yuting Wang, Xiaoshuang Feng, Ruijun Wang, Yanmei Wang, Hongmei Zeng, Jun Qi, Hong Zhao, Ni Li, Jianqiang Cai, Chunfeng Qu   +10 more
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