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Viral Hepatitis and Rapid Diagnostic Test Based Screening for HBsAg in HIV-infected Patients in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
\ud \ud Co-infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly prevalent in people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Screening for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) before initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is recommended. However, it is
AM Geretti, AP Kourtis, AS Lok, Bernadeta Msongole, BH Tess, Bruno Verhasselt, Christoph Hatz, CJ Hoffmann, CJ Hoffmann, CL Thio, D Nash, E Mossdorf, E Stahel, ED Chan, Emilio Letang, F Randrianirina, Fabian C. Franzeck, Geoffrey Mwaigomole, GV Matthews, J Davies, J Jaroszewicz, J Li, L Martin-Carbonero, L Stabinski, Lars Henning, M Nyirenda, MA Thompson, Manuel Battegay, Marcel Tanner, Marian Hamisi, MC Kew, Omary Abdul, PM Bossuyt, R Weber, Ramadhani Ngwale, TEMS de Vries–Sluijs, TJ Nagu   +36 more
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How does the immunogenicity of hepatitis B vaccine change over the years in childhood?

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Hepatitis B is the leading cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. The incidence of HBV infection has significantly decreased with hepatitis B vaccination. Hepatitis B vaccine is administered to children at 0, 1 and
Gulsum Iclal Bayhan, Sidika Elif Balli, Hatice Demir, Zekiye Baydar   +3 more
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HDV can constrain HBV genetic evolution in hbsag: Implications for the identification of innovative pharmacological targets [PDF]

, 2018
Chronic HBV + HDV infection is associated with greater risk of liver fibrosis, earlier hepatic decompensation, and liver cirrhosis hepatocellular carcinoma compared to HBV mono-infection.
Andreoni, Massimo, Angelico, Mario, Barlattani, Angelo, Battisti, Arianna, Bertoli, Ada, Cappiello, Giuseppina, Carioti, Luca, Ceccherini-Silberstein, Francesca, Colagrossi, Luna, Coppola, Nicola, De Cristofaro, Maria, DE SANCTIS, Giuseppe Maria, Fabeni, Lavinia, Fleury, Hervé, Iapadre, Nerio, Lanza, Alfonso Galeota, Lenci, Ilaria, Lichtner, Miriam, Malagnino, Vincenzo, Mari, Terenzio, Marignani, Massimo, Mastroianni, Claudio, Minichini, Carmine, Nebuloso, Elena, Pasquazzi, Caterina, Perno, Carlo-Federico, Piermatteo, Lorenzo, Salpini, Romina, Sarmati, Loredana, Scutari, Rossana, Spanò, Alberto, Stanzione, Maria, Stornaiuolo, Gianfranca, Svicher, Valentina, Trimoulet, Pascale   +34 more
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Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infection among blood donors in Jigawa state, Nigeria [PDF]

Microbes and Infectious Diseases, 2023
Aim: The study was designed to determine seroprevalence of Transfusion transmissible diseases (TTD) among blood donors attending general hospitals in Jigawa Nigeria. Methods: Four hundred blood donors were screened for Malaria parasite, Hepatitis B viral
Bello Garba, USMAN ADAMU, ISMAIL AHMED, DAN LARAI FAGWALAWA   +3 more
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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
Abbas, Abbas, Ahn, Beasley, Beasley, Bisceglie, Bogr, Brown, Buti, Centers for Disease Control, Chae, Chan, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chao, Chaung, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chi, Chien, Choe, Chu, Clemente, Della Corte, European Association for the Study of the Liver, Evans, Fang, Fattovich, Fontana, Fung, Gish, Hadziyannis, Halperin, Hann, Heathcote, Hongthanakorn, Hoofnagle, Hu, Huang, Hung, Hyun, Iino, Iloeje, Jeng, Keeffe, Kim, Komatsu, Konstantinou, Kowdley, Kuo, Kwong, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lampertico, Lau, Lau, Lee, Lee, Liang, Liaw, Liaw, Liaw, Liew, Lin, Lin, Lin, Liu, Liu, Liu, Lok, Lok, Lok, Loomba, MacLachlan, Manegold, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Martin, Martin-Carbonero, Mast, McClune, McMahon, Mitchell, Monte, Murata, Mutimer, Nafa, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nikolopoulos, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Papatheodoridis, Park, Park, Park, Patterson, Perrillo, Perrillo, Pollack, Prati, Qiu, Reijnders, Sarin, Seto, Seto, Sherman, Shim, Shiraki, Sinatra, Sinn, Soriano, Stevens, Takano, Takayama, Takkenberg, Terrault, Thibault, Thio, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tse, Wang, Wedemeyer, Wei, Wen, Wiseman, Wursthorn, Xie, Xu, Yi, Yi, Yu, Yu, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zou   +173 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses among diabetes mellitus patients in Duhok province

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2021
Background and Objective: Patients with diabetes mellitus are at high risk of developing hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections owing to frequent hospitalization and blood investigations. The aim of this study was to determine the
Yasen Rashad Abdulkareem, Sabri Khalaf Shaikho   +1 more
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Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and S-Escape Mutants: From the Beginning until Now [PDF]

, 2015
Despite of the progress made in vaccine and antiviral therapy development, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health care problem. More than 240 million people are chronically infected worldwide showing differences in the severity of liver
Cuestas, María Luján, Eguibar, Nair, Gonzalez, Rodrigo Horacio, Nusblat, Alejandro David, Perazzo, Priscila   +4 more
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Blocking entry of hepatitis B and D viruses to hepatocytes as a novel immunotherapy for treating chronic infections [PDF]

, 2021
Background. Chronic hepatitis B and D virus (HBV/HDV) infections can cause cancer. Current HBV therapy using nucleoside analogues (NAs) is life-long and reduces but does not eliminate the risk of cancer.
Ahlén, G, Frelin, L, Jagya, N, Johansson, M, Maravelia, P, Meuleman, Philip, Ni, Y, Pasetto, A, Pater, L, Pérez, NC, Sällberg, M, Urban, S, Verch, G, Verhoye, Lieven   +13 more
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Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans [PDF]

, 2012
Secondary sexual traits that develop under the action of testosterone, such as masculine human male facial characteristics, have been proposed to signal the strength of the immune system due to the sex hormone's immunosuppressive action.
Kecko, Sanita, Kivleniece, Inese, Krama, Tatjana, Krams, Indrikis, Moore, Fhionna R., Rantala, Markus J., Skrinda, Ilona   +6 more
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Kan vericilerde HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV ve Sifilis seroprevalansı

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2011
Bu çalışmada Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kan Merkezi'ne başvuran donörlerde HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV 1/2 ve RPR seroprevalansının tespiti ve oranların yıllara ve cinsiyete göre dağılımının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Mustafa Altındiş, Raike Kalaycı, Savaş Aslan   +2 more
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