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Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update

open access: yesHepatology International, 2015
Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection and the potential for therapy of the resultant disease is ...
S. Sarin   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Boosting Diverse Communities Participation in Clinical Trials: What People Living with Hepatitis B Must Know [PDF]

open access: yesBioSocial Health Journal
Introduction: Globally, people from African, Asian and Western Pacific regions are disproportionately affected by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and are underrepresented in HBV clinical trials (trials).
Yasmin Ibrahim   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of acute hepatitis B and reactivation of hepatitis B [PDF]

open access: yesLiver International, 2013
AbstractThe natural course of hepatitis B virus infection and the resulting hepatic injury is determined by the degree of virus replication and the intensity of host immune response. Upon exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV), individuals with a vigorous and broad immune response develop acute self‐limited infection, which may result in acute hepatitis ...
Ankur, Jindal   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study.

open access: yesThe Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2018
BACKGROUND The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies to control viral replication and ...
D. Razavi-Shearer   +195 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

IFITM3 Interacts with the HBV/HDV Receptor NTCP and Modulates Virus Entry and Infection

open access: yesViruses, 2022
The Na+/taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide (NTCP, gene symbol SLC10A1) is both a physiological bile acid transporter and the high-affinity hepatic receptor for the hepatitis B and D viruses (HBV/HDV).
Massimo Palatini   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual-targeting nanoparticle vaccine elicits a therapeutic antibody response against chronic hepatitis B

open access: yesNature Nanotechnology, 2020
Chronic hepatitis B is caused by prolonged infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which can substantially increase the risk of developing liver disease.
Wenjun Wang   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis b virus infection.

open access: yesJournal of Hepatology, 2019
In October 2018 a large number of international experts with complementary expertise came together in Taormina to participate in a workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI).
G. Raimondo   +35 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hepatitis B vaccine development and implementation

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Vaccination against hepatitis B is the most effective strategy to control HBV infection. The first licensed hepatitis B vaccine was developed by the purification of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) from plasma of asymptomatic HBsAg carriers. Then, the
Hong Zhao, Xiaoying Zhou, Yihua Zhou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of Birth Dose Vaccination in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Engerix-B and Sci-B-Vac

open access: yesVaccines, 2021
Background and aims: Peripartum transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from an infected mother to the child can be prevented in most but not all cases by immediate vaccination of the newborn.
Rifaat Safadi   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hepatitis D Virus Entry Inhibitors Based on Repurposing Intestinal Bile Acid Reabsorption Inhibitors

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Identification of Na+/taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide (NTCP) as high-affinity hepatic entry receptor for the Hepatitis B and D viruses (HBV/HDV) opened the field for target-based development of cell-entry inhibitors. However, most of the HBV/HDV
Michael Kirstgen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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