Immunological response of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen in HBV Mono and HBV/HDV Co-infection
Pakistan Journal of Medicine and DentistryHepatitis B virus (HBV) can evolve under selection pressure exerted by drugs and host immunity, resulting in the accumulation of escape mutations that can affect the drug or the immune activity.
Mehwish Sajjad +3 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 +5 more
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Immunoprophylaxis to limit a hepatitis B epidemic among women undergoing in vitro fertilization [PDF]
, 1991 Women (175) who participated in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) programme were possibly exposed to hepatitis B virus. Later it became evident that 79 women had a hepatitis B infection, 49 were exposed but not infected and 47 were not exposed. Hepatitis B
Grosheide, P.M. (Pia Maria) +3 more
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The Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus in Female Commercial Sex Workers [PDF]
, 2006 Background: The prevalence of hepatitis B infection in Indonesia was about 2-20%. To date, incidence rate of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in female Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Manado was not known. Objective: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors
Waleleng, B. J. (Bradley) +2 more
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A convoluted path to the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in a resource-limited setting
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023 Worldwide, chronic hepatitis B virus infection remains the main aetiology of hepatocellular carcinoma, while human immunodeficiency virus may hasten the evolution of hepatocellular carcinoma in those co-infected with hepatitis B virus/human ...
WC Sithole +3 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2010 Viral hepatitis is a serious global public health problem affecting billions of people globally, and both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are rapidly spreading in the developing countries including Bangladesh due to the ...
Hasan Ashraf +9 more
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017 The morbidity and mortality of hepatitis B virus-related liver disease are linked to the persistence of the hepatitis B virus replication. Viral suppression with antiviral therapy has been shown to provide clinical benefits.
Ramazan Idilman
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Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection
Viruses, 2020 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection can be encountered in either virus endemic countries. Co-infection can also be found in populations at risk of parenteral transmission.
Yi-Fen Shih, Chun-Jen Liu
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the world’s leading cause of cancer-related death. Chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection cause liver cancer.
Zhiguo Li +7 more
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A hepatitis C virus (HCV) fertőzés pathogenesise: a genetikai és az immunológiai tényezők, valamint az oxidativ stress szerepe és a kórokozó virus sajátosságai, különös tekintettel a HCV-okozta betegségekben és a tünetmentes virushordozó állapotban = Pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: the role of the genetic and immunological factors, the oxidative stress and the viral features in the HCV-related diseases and in the symptomfree virus carriers [PDF]
, 2009 Genetikai, immunológiai és környezeti tényezők potenciális szerepe krónikus hepatitis C virus (HCV) infekcióban: összehasonlitó vizsgálatok aktiv HCV hepatitises betegekben és tünetmentes "egészséges" virushordozókban. 1.
Berki, Timea +5 more
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