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Occult HBV infection in HIV‐infected adults and evaluation of pooled NAT for HBV [PDF]

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2018
SummaryThe study aimed to determine the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV‐infected persons and to evaluate the use of a pooling strategy to detect occult HBV infection in the setting of HIV infection. Five hundred and two HIV‐positive individuals were tested for HBV, occult HBV and hepatitis C and D with serologic and nucleic ...
Shanmugam Saravanan, Davey M Smith
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Detection of hepatitis B virus DNA among accepted blood donors in Nanjing, China [PDF]

Virology Journal, 2010
Background Posttransfusion hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection still occurs although its incidence has been substantially reduced since the introduction of screening of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in blood donors.
Liu Yong, Li Ping, Li Cuiping, Zhou Jinyong, Wu Chao, Zhou Yi-Hua   +5 more
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Correlation Between the Hepatic Expression of Human MicroRNA hsa-miR-125a-5p and the Progression of Fibrosis in Patients With Overt and Occult HBV Infection [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
AimsTo evaluate the correlation between the hepatic expression pattern of hsa-miR-125a-5p and HBV-DNA and the progression of fibrosis in patients with overt or occult HBV infection.MethodsWe enrolled all the HBsAg-positive treatment naive patients (overt
Nicola Coppola, Nicola Coppola, Lorenzo Onorato, Marta Panella, Giorgio de Stefano, Nicola Mosca, Carmine Minichini, Vincenzo Messina, Nicoletta Potenza, Mario Starace, Loredana Alessio, Nunzia Farella, Evangelista Sagnelli, Aniello Russo   +13 more
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Occult HBV Infection in Patients Infected by HIV or HCV: Comparison between HBV-DNA and Two Assays for HBsAg [PDF]

Viruses
We investigated the frequency and serological correlates of occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) and the potential impact of a highly sensitive assay for HBsAg in subjects infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), who
Silvia Meschi, Klizia Mizzoni, Bruno Daniele Leoni, Claudio Galli, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Stefano Belladonna, Enrico Girardi, Fabrizio Maggi, the HBSAGN Study Group   +8 more
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Novel HBsAg markers tightly correlate with occult HBV infection and strongly affect HBsAg detection [PDF]

Antiviral Research, 2012
Occult HBV infection (OBI) is a threat for the safety of blood-supply, and has been associated with the onset of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma and lymphomagenesis. Nevertheless, genetic markers in HBsAg (particularly in D-genotype, the most common
Valentina Svicher, Valeria Cento, Formijn van Hemert   +2 more
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Molecular investigation of occult hepatitis B virus infection in a reference center in Northern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occult HBV infection in a reference center for the Northern Brazil from 2005 to 2015 and to identify mutations associated with occult hepatitis B.
Suellen dos Reis Araújo, Andreza Pinheiro Malheiros, Vânia Pinto Sarmento, Heloisa Marceliano Nunes, Pedro Eduardo Bonfim Freitas   +4 more
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An occult hepatitis B-derived hepatoma cell line carrying persistent nuclear viral DNA and permissive for exogenous hepatitis B virus infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is defined as persistence of HBV DNA in liver tissues, with or without detectability of HBV DNA in the serum, in individuals with negative serum HBV surface antigen (HBsAg).
Chih-Lang Lin, Rong-Nan Chien, Shi-Ming Lin, Po-Yuan Ke, Chen-Chun Lin, Chau-Ting Yeh   +5 more
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The impact of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections in patients with Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2023
Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of HCV and occult HBV among newly diagnosed pre-treatment Egyptian lymphoma patients and evaluate patients’ outcomes based on the presence of the viral infections.
Dalia Y Kadry, Mostafa A Elbahnasawy, Mohamed TM Mansour, Omnia K EL Gebaly, Hala Aziz, Mahmoud M Kamel, Ahmed S Abdel-Moneim, Samah Radwan   +7 more
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection among injecting drug users in the Central-West Region of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was investigated in 149 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Central-West Region of Brazil.
Márcia Alves Dias de Matos, Renata Carneiro Ferreira, Fabiana Perez Rodrigues, Tamíris Augusto Marinho, Carmen Luci Rodrigues Lopes, Antônia Carlos Magalhães Novais, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Sheila Araújo Teles, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Regina Maria Bringel Martins   +9 more
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Occult hepatitis B in mexican patients with HIV, an analysis using nested polymerase chain reaction

Annals of Hepatology, 2006
Hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) with undetectable levels of HBsAg, has been named occult HBV infection and observed in immunosuppressed patients. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of occult HBV infection in patients with HIV from the
Rodrigo Torres-Baranda, Blanca E. Bastidas-Ramírez, Montserrat Maldonado-González, Laura V. Sánchez-Orozco, Eduardo Vázquez-Vals, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Arturo Panduro   +6 more
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