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Occult Hepatitis B : A Hidden Threat
TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 2010 Occult hepatitis B (OHB) is defined as the presence of HBV-DNA in liver with or without detectable HBV DNA in serum in patients who are HBsAg negative in currently available assays. Diagnosis of occult HBV infections requires sensitive HBV-DNA PCR assay.
Md Azizul Haque +5 more
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F1000Research, 2013 Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is commonly used for a wide range of diagnoses, by multiple pediatric subspecialists. We report two cases of hepatitis B screening results post IVIG infusion, where positive anti-Hepatitis B core antigen serology tests ...
Christelle M Ilboudo +4 more
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The relation of polymorphisms in +874 region of IFN-Gama with occult HBV infection
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2010 Background and Objective: Occult hepatitis B infection is a form of hepatitis in which despite of absence of detectable HBsAg, HBV-DNA is present in peripheral blood of patients.
Kazemi Arababadi M (PhD) +7 more
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An overview of occult hepatitis B virus infection
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI), alternatively defined as occult hepatitis B (OHB), is a challenging clinical entity. It is recognized by two main characteristics: absence of HBsAg, and low viral replication. The previous two decades have witnessed a remarkable progress in our understanding of OBI and its clinical implications ...
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Occult Hepatitis B in Hemodialysis Patients
Viral Hepatitis Journal, 2019 Objectives: We aimed to detect occult hepatitis B (OHB) in hemodialysis patients at a higher-risk for OHB.
Pelin Adar, Şükran Köse, Bengü Tatar
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Occult B infection in the Brazilian northeastern region: a preliminary report
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesA sentinel study on viral hepatitis is currently being carried out in the village of Cavunge in a semiarid rural region of the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. This study has identified individuals in whom anti-HBc IgG was the only serological marker
Delvone Almeida +6 more
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[Occult hepatitis B infection].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni, 2006 Occult (silent, inapparent) hepatitis B infection is defined as the presence of HBV-DNA where hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) is absent, outside of acute hepatitis window period. HBV-DNA positivity alone can be detected not only in cryptogenic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, recovered HBV infections and hepatitis C virus infections,
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Occult hepatitis B infection and its possible impact on chronic hepatitis C virus infection
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009 As a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, persistent detectable viral genome in liver or sera in the absence of other serological markers for active hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication is called occult HBV infection.
Habibollahi Peiman +3 more
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Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Annals of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 2013 Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OHB) is defined as presence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) deoxyribonucleic acid in blood or tissues with undetectable hepatitis B surface antigen, outwith the preseroconversion window period. Several possibilities have been hypothesized as the mechanisms of OHB.
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Occult Hepatitis B Prevalence in Hepatitis B Vaccinated Dialysis Patients
Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019 OBJECTIVE: Occult hepatitis B (OHB) virus infection is defined as the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver tissue or serum of subjects seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen.
Can HÜZMELİ +6 more
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