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Microbiologia Medica, 2010 The presence of hepatitis B virus genome in HBsAg-negative subjects is known as “occult infection” from HBV. Patients with occult infection may express markers of previous exposure to B virus (anti-HBs and / or anti-HBc positive). 20% is negative for all
Mariangela Spinosa, Pasquale Spagnuolo
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Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2018 The review focuses on terminology, causes, epidemiology, clinical significance of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI). Attention is paid to the differences in the definitions of OBI given by the European, American and Asian-Pacific ...
I.A. Zaytsev
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Occult HBV infection among a cohort of Nigerian adults
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009 Objective: To determine markers of HBV infection and detect the presence of its occult infection in serum of a cohort of adult Nigerians. Methodology: The study involved 28 adult Nigerians with viral hepatitis (Group 1) and 28 apparently healthy adult ...
Samuel O. Ola +6 more
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Occult HBV infection among Egyptian hepatocellular carcinoma patients [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2011 Background Occult HBV infection accelerates the progression of liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and finally leading to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study analyzed the occult HBV-genotypes in HCC patients. Methods To achieve our objective, matched serum
Mansor Tarek M +3 more
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HBV vaccination of HCV-infected patients with occult HBV infection and anti-HBc-positive blood donors [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2006 Anti-HBc positivity is a frequent cause of donation rejection at blood banks. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may also occur in HBsAg-negative patients, a situation denoted occult infection. Similarly, very low levels of HBV-DNA have also been found in
J.S.F. Pereira +6 more
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Iatreia, 2007 <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: QuorumITCbyBT-Book">A number of risk factors appear to play a role in Hepatocellularcinoma (HCC), HBV infection being one of the most important.
Isabelle Chemin
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OCCULT HBV-INFECTION (CLINICAL REPORT)
Журнал инфектологии, 2017 .
I. A. Gabdrakhmanov +13 more
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Semin Immunopathol, 2013 The long-lasting persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the serum) of individuals testing negative for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) is termed occult HBV infection (OBI). Although in a minority of cases the lack of HBsAg detection is due to infection with variant viruses unrecognized by
Raimondo G +3 more
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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort. [PDF]
, 2015 Haemodialysis patients are at increased risk of exposure to blood borne viruses. To reduce transmission in the UK, all haemodialysis patients are regularly screened, and if susceptible to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ...
Cross, J +6 more
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in liver transplant patients in a Brazilian referral center
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2014 Estimates of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection prevalence varies among different studies depending on the prevalence of HBV infection in the study population and on the sensitivity of the assay used to detect HBV DNA.
T.C.A. Ferrari +9 more
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