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Hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections in the etiopathogenesis of pemphigus [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that some viral infections may be triggers for autoimmune diseases. The role of viral infections in the etiopathogenesis of pemphigus has also been investigated.OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between ...
Gulsen Tukenmez Demirci, Ikbal Esen Aydingoz, Ayse Tulin Mansur, Guldehan Atis, Ilknur Kivanc Altunay   +4 more
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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
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Hepatitis B virus antibody prevalence in anaesthetists [PDF]

Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1984
The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B virus (anti HBs or anti HBc) was 16.9 per cent in a group of anaesthetists, compared to 3.7 per cent in volunteer blood donors and 5.6 per cent of patients without hepatic infections. Professional risk factors such as treating a hepatitis B patient or working in a hospital laboratory, haemodialysis, an ...
M A, Chernesky, R A, Browne, P, Rondi
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Hepatitis B vaccine - proposal for a standardized assessment of immune response Vacinação contra Hepatite B - proposta de padronização da avaliação da resposta imunológica

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1992
The authors developed a comparative study of the various methods of assessment of immune response to Hepatitis B vaccine. Eighty-six health care professionals underwent a vaccination programme with three doses of plasma-derived vaccine against Hepatitis ...
Maria Lucia G. Ferraz, Antonio Eduardo Silva, Marico Yamamoto, Rubens Xavier Guimaråes   +3 more
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Immunological Protection Against Vaccine-Preventable Infections (Hepatitis B, Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Diphtheria, Tetanus) of Russian and Foreign Students: A Simultaneous Study

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2020
The increase in the incidence of vaccine-preventable infections is due to the low level of immunological protection of the population, which against the background of active migration processes can determine high risks of outbreaks of infectious diseases
Diana V. Sutovskaya, Alla V. Burlutskaya, Larisa V. Dubova, Daria R. Krylova, Olga G. Korobkina   +4 more
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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
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Hepatitis B testing practices at a tertiary care centre and their associated costs: A retrospective analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundHepatitis B is a viral infection requiring specific serologic testing to diagnose the stage of the disease. There are many tests which can be ordered in a variety of combinations.
Alexander Lawandi, Matthew P Cheng, Todd C Lee   +2 more
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Evaluation of hepatitis B vaccination status and immune response among clinicians in a tertiary care hospital in South India

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2019
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains an important health issue with an estimated 2 billion people worldwide infected with HBV. The risk of contracting HBV by health-care workers (HCWs) is four times greater than that of the general adult
R Jayaprada, N Ramakrishna, B Vasavi, B Venkataramana, K K Sharma   +4 more
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Telangana, India - Comparison of Pre-Pandemic and COVID-19 Pandemic times

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
WHO estimates show that 296 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B infection in 2019 with 1.5 million new infections occurring every year and approximately 290 000 people died from hepatitis C, mostly from cirrhosis and hepatocellular ...
C. Roopa, Suryakiran Kamineni, Panthagani Narasimhulu Shilpa, Bheemathati Ranga Rao   +3 more
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Hepatitis B Vaccination in Persons with Isolated Hepatitis B Core Antibodies [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999
SIR-Silva et al. [1] suggested that in the population they have studied, isolated antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) are false-positive results. Their arguments are based on the facts that only five persons among the 133 investigated had hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA detected in their serum and that most had a primary response to HBV ...
Brian J. McMahon, Alan J. Parkinson
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