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Hepatitis C, hepatitis B and HIV infection among Egyptian prisoners: Seroprevalence, risk factors and related chronic liver diseases

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2013
Summary: Background and aim: Prisons in Egypt do not currently screen for blood-borne viruses, and there are no statistics concerning the prevalence of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus or human immunodeficiency virus among prisoners.
Hala I. Mohamed, Zienab M. Saad, Ehab M. Abd-Elreheem, Wael M. Abd-ElGhany, Mohamed S. Mohamed, Emad A. Abd Elnaeem, Amany E. Seedhom   +6 more
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KONSENTRASI ANTI-HBs PADA KARYAWAN RUMAH SAKIT YANG TELAH MELAKUKAN VAKSINASI HEPATITIS B

Masker Medika, 2023
Introduction: Anti-HBs (Anti HepatitisLBLsurface) is an antibodyLto hepatitisLB that arises from the administration of the hepatitis B vaccine. Hospital employees areLat high riskLof contracting the hepatitis B virus, because they often have direct ...
Doni Setiawan
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Interference of Antibody Production to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in a Combination Hepatitis A/Hepatitis B Vaccine [PDF]

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
A randomized trial comparing 3 manufacturing consistency lots of a combination hepatitis A/hepatitis B vaccine to each other and to hepatitis A vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine given separately and concurrently was done to evaluate safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity. Healthy volunteers >/=11 years of age were divided into 4 groups.
Sharon Frey, Ron Dagan, Yaffa Ashur, Xiao Q. Chen, Jose Ibarra, Herwig Kollaritsch, Mark H. Mazur, Gregory A. Poland, Keith Reisinger, Emmanuel Walter, Pierre Van Damme, Jean H. Braconier, Ingrid Uhnoo, Martin Wahl, Mark M. Blatter, Dennis Clements, David Greenberg, Robert M. Jacobson, S. Ragnar Norrby, Mina Rowe, Daniel Shouval, Sue S. Simmons, Jan van Hattum, Solveig Wennerholm, Jacqueline O'Brien Gress, Ivan Chan, Barbara Kuter   +26 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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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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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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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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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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Prevalence of Hepatitis B Antigen and Antibody in Prostitutes [PDF]

BMJ, 1974
We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis B antigen (HBAg) and antibody (HBAb) in 293 prostitutes and in 379 pregnant women of similar age and of low socioeconomic level, who served as controls. HBAg was found in 4·4% of prostitutes and 3·4% of controls.
Papaevangelou, G., Trichopoulos, D., Kremastinou, T., Papoutsakis, G.   +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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