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Isolated hepatitis B core antibody positive among vaccinated cohort in Malaysia

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis B core antibodies (anti-HBc) are detected in almost every patient with previous exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Shuaibu Abdullahi Hudu, Yasmin A. Malik, Mohd Taib Niazlin, Nabil Saad Harmal, Ahmed Subeh Alshrari, Zamberi Sekawi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological and Molecular Characterization of Occult HBV Infection in Blood Donors from South Italy

Viruses, 2023
Despite good vaccine coverage and careful blood donor selection policies, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still the most frequent viral infection among blood donors (BDs) in Italy, mostly in the occult form (OBI). We studied the virological features of OBI in
Alessia Sticchi Damiani, Vera Holzmayer, Claudio Galli, Mariangela De Nuzzo, Mark Anderson, Gavin Cloherty, Nicola Di Renzo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Just like fever": A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Antiretroviral Provision on the Normalisation of HIV in Rural Tanzania and its Implications for Prevention. [PDF]

, 2009
Once effective therapy for a previously untreatable condition is made available, a normalisation of the disease often occurs. As part of a broader initiative to monitor the implementation of the national antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme, this ...
Maria Roura, Alison Wringe, Joanna Busza, Benjamin Nhandi, Doris Mbata, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa, Goffman, M Wokaunn, AL Gill, OK Skinsnes, S Sontag, PR Lamptey, JS Mukherjee, A Castro, NC Levy, P Farmer, C Varga, EC Larsson, WR Wolfe, R Colebunders, M Dieleman, B Reilley, A Rogers, S Babalola, A Daftary, PL Hutchinson, Z Iliyasu, CL MacPhail, UNAIDS, R Bunnell, R Bunnell, KL Dunkle, WA Were, R Parker, J Ogden, H Deacon, MD Sweat, A Wringe, M Roura, I Katz, H Waterman, C Campbell, R Kurzban, M Foucault, M Foucault, JC Phelan, MG Weiss, ER Wright, H Liu, PY Collins, H Joffe, R Rosenbrock, E Murphy, CA Latkin, A Bandura, TC Quinn, J Castilla, R Bunnell, M Roura, T Calin, S Skogmar, M Lurie, SM Kiene, LC Simbayi, D Rao, LS Rintamaki, HO Ramadhani, UNAIDS, C Afandi, ML Plummer, G Mshana, J Wanyama, UNICEF, PANOS, SC Kalichman   +74 more
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First report of occult hepatitis B infection among ART naïve HIV seropositive individuals in Maputo, Mozambique.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundThe prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Mozambique is one of the highest in the world, though in spite of this the prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is unknown ...
Awa Abdul Carimo, Eduardo Samo Gudo, Cremildo Maueia, Nédio Mabunda, Lúcia Chambal, Adolfo Vubil, Ana Flora, Francisco Antunes, Nilesh Bhatt   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological Patterns of Hepstitis B Virus Among HBsAg Negative Blood Donors in Baghdad, Iraq by Using Architect System

مجلة كلية الطب, 2016
Background: About 10-15% of population HBV infection becomes chronic, and 85-90% are resolved. In Iraq, HBs-Ag assay by ELISA is only mandatory test for detection of HBV infection in blood donors. Anti- HBc and anti-HBs were not detectable in their sera.
Zainab S. Hassab, Amani K. Abd Al-Ruhman, Yakub A. Saleh, Auroba I. Abd Allah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes of hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepatitis B vaccination in high-risk newborns born to HBeAg-positive mothers

Biomedical Journal, 2022
Background: To evaluate the protective efficacy of a hepatitis B (HB) vaccination program in Taiwan among high-risk children. Methods: Children born to HBeAg-positive mothers from 2001 to 2010 were invited back.
Chen-Hsuan Wu, Wei-Cheng Huang, Chien-Hung Chen, Sheng-Nan Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frustration, interaction strength and ground-state entanglement in complex quantum systems [PDF]

, 2004
Entanglement in the ground state of a many-body quantum system may arise when the local terms in the system Hamiltonian fail to commute with the interaction terms in the Hamiltonian.
C. Davis, J. I. Latorre, J. Preskill, M. A. Nielsen, M. A. Nielsen, M. Horodecki, R. Bhatia   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Occult hepatitis B virus infection in hemodialysis patients in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Persistence of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome in individuals negative for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) reflects occult infection. The aim of this study was to identify occult HBV infection among hemodialysis patients at 5 clinics in ...
Ana Cecília Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte Coelho, Marcílio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in a Cohort of HIV-Positive Patients Resident in Sicily, Italy [PDF]

, 2013
Occult hepatitis B virus (OBI) in HIV-infected groups is still debated, as well as the associated risk-factors and clinical significance. In this paper, we examined a total of 405 HBsAg-negative/HIV-infected patients enrolled from January 2007 to ...
Colomba, GME, DI CARLO, Paola, MAIDA, Carmelo Massimo, TRAMUTO, Fabio, VITALE, Francesco   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Programmable Semi‐Interpenetrating Living Materials With Robust Stability for Versatile Bioremediation and Biotherapeutics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A semi‐interpenetrating engineered living material (sIHSELM), fabricated via thermosensitive hydroxybutyl chitosan and covalent protein self‐assembly, demonstrates exceptional mechanical properties and environmental stability. Shielding bacteria from harsh conditions, sIHSELM exhibits remarkable efficacy in ulcerative colitis treatment and pollutants ...
Zixian Bao, Shengfeng Yang, Dandan Hu, Jiezheng Liu, Bo Jiang, Xinyue Sui, Qingsheng Qi, Lai Li, Guang Zhao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source