Clinical, epidemiological and virological features of acute hepatitis B in Italy [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose To evaluate the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes, basal core promoter (BCP)/precore (PC) and S gene mutations with the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of acute hepatitis B (AHB) in Italy.
Alessandro Remo Zanetti +10 more
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Impact of previous hepatitis B infection on the clinical outcomes from chronic hepatitis C? A population-level analysis [PDF]
, 2018 Chronic coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with adverse liver outcomes. The clinical impact of previous HBV infection on liver disease in HCV infection is unknown. We aimed at determining any association of
Allen, S. +20 more
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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 +9 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]
, 2016 Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria +8 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 +5 more
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Study on methylation level of replication related genes of occult hepatitis B virus
Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022 Objective To study the level of occult hepatitis B virus methylation and replication related genes, and to explore the effect of the former on the latter.
Meilin ZHANG +5 more
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VIRAL HEPATITIS B IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES (ОVERVIEW)
Журнал инфектологии, 2018 The review presents current data on the role of viral hepatitis B in on-cohematological patients. Possible ways of infection, prophylaxis of infection and activation of hepatitis B in this category of patients are considered.
V. N. Chebotkevich +6 more
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Primary Seronegative but Molecularly Evident Hepadnaviral Infection Engages Liver and Induces Hepatocarcinoma in the Woodchuck Model of Hepatitis B [PDF]
, 2014 Hepadnavirus at very low doses establishes in woodchucks asymptomatic, serologically undetectable but molecularly evident persistent infection. This primary occult infection (POI) preferentially engages the immune system and initiates virus-specific T ...
Chauhan, Ranjit
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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 +5 more
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Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in a Cohort of HIV-Positive Patients Resident in Sicily, Italy [PDF]
, 2013 Occult hepatitis B virus (OBI) in HIV-infected groups is still debated, as well as the associated risk-factors and clinical significance. In this paper, we examined a total of 405 HBsAg-negative/HIV-infected patients enrolled from January 2007 to ...
Colomba, GME +4 more
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