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Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance

Viruses, 2023
Hepatitis B surveillance is essential to achieving Canada’s goal of eliminating hepatitis B by 2030. Hepatitis B rates, association of infection with vaccine age-eligibility, and risk factors were analyzed among 1,401,603 first-time Canadian blood donors
Sheila F. O’Brien, Cassandra N. Reedman, Carla Osiowy, Shelly Bolotin, Qi-Long Yi, Lillian Lourenço, Antoine Lewin, Mawuena Binka, Niamh Caffrey, Steven J. Drews   +9 more
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Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is characterized by the persistence of HBV DNA in the liver tissue in individuals negative for the HBV surface antigen. The prevalence of OBI is quite variable depending on the level of endemic disease in different parts of the world, the different assays utilized in the studies, and the different ...
Maria Luisa, Gutiérrez-García, Conrado M, Fernandez-Rodriguez, Jose Luis, Lledo-Navarro, Ingrid, Buhigas-Garcia   +3 more
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection and its demographic and clinical determinants among blood donors in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective Occult hepatitis B virus infection, characterized by the presence of hepatitis B virus DNA in the absence of detectable hepatitis B surface antigen, poses a significant risk to blood donation safety. This study aimed to determine the prevalence
Abdulrahman F Alrezaihi, Lama Alzamil, Abdulrahman Alshalani, Jawaher Alsughayyir, Fahad S Alshehri, Abdulaziz M Almuqrin   +5 more
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Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in hemodialysis patients in Isfahan, Iran

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2016
Background: The absence of a detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with or without hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) or hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) in the presence of hepatitis B virus-DNA (HBV-DNA) is defined as occult HBV ...
Hamid Kalantari, Faezeh Ferdowsi, Majid Yaran   +2 more
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Egypt

World Journal of Hepatology, 2015
The emerging evidence of the potentially clinical importance of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) increases the interest in this topic. OBI may impact in several clinical contexts, which include the possible transmission of the infection, the contribution to liver disease progression, the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, and the ...
Ashraf, Elbahrawy, Alshimaa, Alaboudy, Walid, El Moghazy, Ahmed, Elwassief, Ahmed, Alashker, Abdallah Mahmoud, Abdallah   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Pharmacokinetics and safety of a modified‐release psilocybin formulation: A SAD Phase I trial in normal‐weight and overweight/obese participants

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims This study aimed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a novel oral modified‐release psilocybin formulation (REL‐P11) in normal‐weight and overweight/obese healthy adults and to assess its suitability for controlled, subperceptual exposure, in light of emerging evidence supporting serotonergic modulation in metabolic ...
Anna Signor, Stefano Comai, Gianfranco Pasut, Franco Folli, Marco Gentilucci, Negar Gharavi, Sofia Raitsin, Thuy Van Nguyen, Marco Pappagallo, Andrea Mattarei, Paolo L. Manfredi, Sara De Martin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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 ...
Labbett, W, Patel, M, O'Riordan, A, Davenport, A, Sowole, L, Haque, T, Cross, J   +6 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection in the Republic of Yemen [PDF]

A community-based cross-sectional household seroepdemiological survey was conducted in the Republic of Yemen to estimate the prevalence of HBV infection as well as hepatitis B vaccine coverage and effectiveness amongst children vaccinated in the ...
Qirbi, Naseeb
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Prevalence of overt and occult hepatitis B virus infections among 135 haemodialysis patients attending a haemodialysis centre at Al-Nasiriyah city, Iraq

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2020
Background and Objectives: The prevalence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among haemodialysis (HD) patients has been well documented. In addition to overt infection, occult Hepatitis B infection exists in which a patient who is diagnosed ...
Muslim Dhahr Musa, Hekmat Kadhum Ateya
doaj   +1 more source

The Africa We Want: A Perspective on the African Code Against Cancer To Be Developed for Sub‐Saharan Africa

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a unique cancer burden, characterized by a disproportionately high mortality‐to‐incidence ratio, a large share of infection‐related cancers, and distinct environmental exposures. Implementation of national policies on primary prevention is limited, and public literacy regarding cancer risk and curability remains ...
Anthony Kityo, Phyllis Ohene‐Agyei, Felix M. Onyije, Hannah Simba, Annet Nakaganda, Denis Chopera, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Benido Impouma, Mary Nyangasi, Blandina Mmbaga, Valerie McCormack, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Miriam Mutebi, Joachim Schüz, Carolina Espina   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source