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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Vaccination in Children Aged 1 to 14 Years in Sulaimani City

Advanced Medical Journal, 2023
Background and objectives:Hepatitis-B virus is one of the most serious and prevalent health problems. Vaccination against Hepatitis-B virus is the most effective way of preventing infection and transmission of the virus.
Razhan Sabah Hassan, Ali Hattem Bayati
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Seroprevalence of the Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses and Treponema pallidum at the Beijing General Hospital from 2010 to 2014: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency viruses and Treponema pallidum are important causes of infectious diseases concern to public health.Between 2010 and 2014, we used an automated chemiluminescence microparticle immunoassay to detect the
Shaoxia Xu, Qiaofeng Wang, Weihong Zhang, Zhifeng Qiu, Jingtao Cui, Wenjuan Yan, Anping Ni   +6 more
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A Mathematical Model to Study the Potential Hepatitis B Virus Infections and Effects of Vaccination Strategies in China

Vaccines, 2023
Motivations: Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Approximately 390,000 people in China die from HBV-related diseases each year.
Chuanqing Xu, Yu Wang, Kedeng Cheng, Xin Yang, Xiaojing Wang, Songbai Guo, Maoxing Liu, Xiaoling Liu   +7 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Isolated in a Sample of Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Patients in Iran

Oman Medical Journal, 2014
Objectives: The aims of this study are to investigate the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis and to analyze the relationship between surface protein variability and occult hepatitis B virus ...
Fatemeh Akhavan Anvari, Seyed Moayyed Alavian, Mehdi Norouzi, Mostafa Mahabadi, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri   +4 more
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The long and stumble way to find potential active compounds from plants for defeating hepatitis B and C: review [PDF]

Pharmacia, 2022
Hepatitis is a liver illness caused by virus such as hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis B and C are considerably more usual and induce more cirrhosis and dead worldwide than hepatitis A.
Anjar Hermadi Saputro, Aluicia Anita Artarini, Daryono Hadi Tjahjono, Sophi Damayanti   +3 more
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Augmented epigenetic repression of hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA by interferon-α and small-interfering RNA synergy

mBio
The persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) is a key obstacle for HBV cure. This study aims to comprehensively assess the effect of interferon (IFN) and small-interfering RNA (siRNA) combination on the cccDNA ...
Kongying Hu, Wenjing Zai, Mingzhu Xu, Haiyu Wang, Xinluo Song, Chao Huang, Jiangxia Liu, Juan Chen, Qiang Deng, Zhenghong Yuan, Jieliang Chen   +10 more
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An extracellular humanized IFNAR immunocompetent mouse model for analyses of human interferon alpha and subtypes

Emerging Microbes and Infections
Type I interferons (IFN-Is) have key roles in immune defense and treatments for various diseases, including chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Yumeng Li, Asha Ashuo, Menghan Hao, Yaming Li, Jianyu Ye, Jiangxia Liu, Ting Hua, Zhong Fang, Jianhua Li, Zhenghong Yuan, Jieliang Chen   +10 more
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Interferon-α for Immune Modulation in Chronic Hepatitis B Toward Functional Cure

Viruses
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains a major global health challenge, largely due to the persistence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) and impaired host immunity.
Asha Ashuo, Jia Liu, Zhenghong Yuan, Jieliang Chen   +3 more
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Leprosy and hepatitis B coinfection in southern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
To investigate the association of leprosy with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, as yet unknown for South Brazil, we assessed hepatitis B virus coinfection in 199 South Brazilian leprosy patients (119 lepromatous, 15 tuberculoid, 30 borderline, 12 ...
Cleverson Leitão, Denis Ueda, Anna Carolina de Moraes Braga, Angelica B.W. Boldt, Iara J.T. Messias-Reason   +4 more
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Evaluating vertical transmission of sexually transmitted infections to newborns

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections are among the most frequent infections affecting pregnant women. We assessed the transmission of hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and Treponema pallidum to newborns from infected ...
Dinamene Oliveira, João Piedade, Rita Castro, Ângela Lopes, Maria do Rosário Martins, Filomena Pereira   +5 more
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