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Humoral Immune Memory to Hepatitis B Vaccine after Primary Vaccination of Children and Adolescents in Assiut, Egypt

Oman Medical Journal, 2020
Objectives: We sought to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) seroprotection among vaccinated children in the Assiut governorate, Egypt, and assess a booster dose immune memory response among non-seroprotected children.
Iman I. Salama, Samia M. Sami, Safaa M. Elserougy, Hanaa M. Emam, Somaia I. Salama, Hazem A. Elhariri, Samia A. Hemeda, Amal I. Hassanain, Aida M. Abdel Mohsen, Walaa A. Fouad, Lobna A. El Etreby, Zeinab N. Said   +11 more
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Modulation of the CD8+-T-cell response by CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells in patients with Hepatitis B virus infection [PDF]

, 2005
CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells have been shown to maintain peripheral tolerance against self and foreign antigens. In this study we analyzed the effect of circulating CD4+ CD25+ T cells on CD8+-T-cell responses of patients with chronic and resolved ...
Gotto, J, Ornella Franzese, Antonio Bertoletti, Maini, Mk, Franzese, O., Williams, R., Adam J. Gehring, Gehring, A.J., Roger Williams, Gehring, Aj, Gotto, J., Bertoletti, A., Kennedy, P.T.F., Williams, R, Maini, M.K., Patrick T. F. Kennedy, Kennedy, Ptf, Jim Gotto, Mala K. Maini, FRANZESE, ORNELLA   +19 more
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Clinical performance of a new hepatitis B surface antigen quantitative assay with automatic dilution

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) levels reflect disease status and can predict the clinical response to antiviral treatment; however, the emergence of HBsAg mutant strains has become a challenge.
Ta-Wei Liu, Ming-Lun Yeh, Chung-Feng Huang, I.-Ling Lin, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Yao-Li Chen, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu   +8 more
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Expression of Hepatocyte Hepatitis B Core Antigen and Hepatitis B Surface Antigen as a Marker in the Management of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Gut and Liver, 2017
Background/AimsWe aimed to clarify the association of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)/hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) with the disease status and treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).Methods : We investigated 171 biopsy ...
Sun Young Yim, Tae Hyung Kim, Suh Sang Jun, Eun Sun Kim, Bora Keum, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyung Joon Yim, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hoon Jai Chun, Hong Sik Lee, Soon Ho Um, Chang Duck Kim, Nam Hee Won, Ho Sang Ryu   +13 more
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Randomised controlled trial: effect of metformin add-on therapy on functional cure in entecavir-treated patients with chronic hepatitis B

Annals of Hepatology, 2022
Introduction and Objectives: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) clearance, indicating functional cure or resolved chronic hepatitis B (CHB), remains difficult to achieve via nucleos(t)ide analogue monotherapy.
Wei Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Qing-Hua Shang, Lin Qi, Mi-Mi Sun, Gang Chen, Yong An, Jing-Xin Li, Wang-Ping Jia, Zhong-An Sun, Hui-Bin Xu, Qing-Mei Gao, Li Tang, Xiao-Wen Wang, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Yi-Ming Mu, Fu-Sheng Wang   +16 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B infection and associated risk factors among drug users in drop-in centers of Isfahan, Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018
Background: Scientists perceive drug users (DUs) as a high-risk population for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Effective strategies aiming at the reduction of HBV infection can be depicted when its epidemiological status is clearly defined.
Roya Taleban, Mohammad Moafi, Behrooz Ataei, Majid Yaran, Zary Nokhodian, Nazila Kassaian, Peyman Adibi, Abbasali Javadi   +7 more
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Persistence of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1976
Sera from military personnel found to have antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBS) in an epidemiological study of a hepatitis B outbreak were tested for persistence of that antibody 1 year later. Initially, 64% of the anti-HBS-positive sera reacted in passive hemagglutination tests with erythrocytes coated with hepatitis B surface antigen ...
G R, Irwin, A M, Allen, H E, Segal, M, Willhight, H, Cannon, F H, Top   +5 more
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Immunity to Intracellular Salmonella Depends on Surface-associated Antigens [PDF]

, 2012
Invasive Salmonella infection is an important health problem that is worsening because of rising antimicrobial resistance and changing Salmonella serovar spectrum.
Rizos Konstantin, Beatrice Claudi (126116), Dirk Bumann (126124), Dirk Bumann, Somedutta Barat (126107), Barat, Somedutta, Rizos, K., Bumann, D., Schemmer, Anne K, Claudi Beatrice, Neil Burton (126123), Anne K Schemmer, Barat Somedutta, Dennis Kirchhoff (126121), Somedutta Barat, Alexander Schmidt (68515), Kirchhoff, D., Alain Mazé, Willer, Yvonne, Anne K. Schemmer (126119), Kirchhoff Dennis, Rizos, Konstantin, Dennis Kirchhoff, Bumann, Dirk, Burton Neil, Schemmer, A., Claudi, B., Mazé, Alain, Schmidt Alexander, Schemmer Anne K., Yvonne Willer (126110), Konstantin Rizos (126113), Willer Yvonne, Yvonne Willer, Willer, Y., Burton, Neil, Bumann Dirk, Alexander Schmidt, Mazé Alain, Beatrice Claudi, Schmidt, A., Alain Mazé (126117), Mazé, A., Claudi, Beatrice, Kirchhoff, Dennis, Barat, S., Konstantin Rizos, Burton, N., Schemmer, Anne K., Schmidt, Alexander, Neil Burton, Schmidt A, Burton N, Schemmer AK, Mazé A, Kirchhoff D, Rizos K, Barat S, Claudi B, Willer Y, Bumann D   +60 more
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The prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers among students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2021
Background: Protection against hepatitis B virus (HBV) is based on the presence of antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Vaccination of newborns is the most effective means of prevention.
Razieh Dowran, Mahyar Malekzadeh, Tayyar Nourollahi, Bahador Sarkari, Jamal Sarvari   +4 more
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Current diagnosis of occult or cryptic hepatitis B [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2005
The present article presents a kind of hepatitis B in patients whodo not have the surface antigen (HbsAg) detectable in sera. It hasbeen described in different parts of the world and is known todayas “occult or criptic hepatitis B” and its importance has
João Renato Rebello Pinho
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