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Altered gut microbiota is associated with the formation of occult hepatitis B virus infection [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a common blood transmission pathogen worldwide, can lead to viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and other liver diseases.
Bochao Liu, Hualong Yang, Qiao Liao, Min Wang, Jieting Huang, Ru Xu, Zhengang Shan, Huishan Zhong, Tingting Li, Chengyao Li, Yongshui Fu, Xia Rong   +11 more
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Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection: An Update [PDF]

Viruses, 2022
Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) refers to a condition in which replication-competent viral DNA is present in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the serum) of individuals testing negative for the HBV surface antigen ...
Carlo Saitta, Teresa Pollicino, Giovanni Raimondo   +2 more
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Control of occult hepatitis B virus infection [PDF]

Advances in Laboratory Medicine, 2022
The diagnosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection requires HBV DNA testing and serologic testing for detection of the surface antigen (HBsAg) and the hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc). There is a population of patients with occult HBV infection (OBI),
Lalana Garcés Marta, Ortiz Pastor Oihana, Solé Enrech Gemma, Guerra-Ruiz Armando R., Casals Mercadal Gregori, Almería Lafuente Alejandro, Ballesteros Vizoso María Antonieta, Medina Pablo Gabriel, Salgüero Fernández Sergio, Zamora Trillo Angielys, Aured de la Serna Isabel, Hurtado Juan Carlos, Pérez-Del-Pulgar Sofía, Forns Xavier, Morales Ruiz Manuel   +14 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 [PDF]

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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Transfusion-transmitted occult hepatitis B virus infection: current understanding, challenges, and its implication in blood safety [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Xianlin Ye, Linbin Huang, Mingshuang Lai
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Occult Hepatitis B Infection in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Starting Maintenance Hemodialysis at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Occult hepatitis B infection is defined as the presence of the hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid in liver tissues and/or serum in the absence of serum hepatitis B Virus surface antigen.
Shailendra Shrestha, Pratap Sagar Tiwari, Bikram Pradhan   +2 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, Ruitao WANG, Shan WANG, Maimaiti HA Limire, Xinjing FU, Lijun ZHOU   +5 more
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Occult hepatitis B infection by a recombinant D/C virus in an immunosuppressed patient

IDCases, 2020
Approximately 300 million people worldwide were living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection as of 2016, however, this number does not account for those who might be living with occult hepatitis B virus infection due to difficulty diagnosing this ...
Gonçalo Pereira Cruz, Celene Sargento, Maria Conceição Ventura, Joaquim Oliveira, José Saraiva da Cunha   +4 more
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HBV - infection in children with perinatal infection. Clinical report of familial hepatitis B

Журнал инфектологии, 2021
Hepatitis B, despite of being a controlled infection today, is one of the most common form of hepatitis in the world. According to the experts' evaluation there are about 3 million patients with chronic hepatitis B in our country.
I. V. Shilova, Yu. V. Ostankova, L. G. Goryacheva, A. V. Semenov   +3 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Isolated in a Sample of Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Patients in Iran

Oman Medical Journal, 2014
Objectives: The aims of this study are to investigate the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis and to analyze the relationship between surface protein variability and occult hepatitis B virus ...
Fatemeh Akhavan Anvari, Seyed Moayyed Alavian, Mehdi Norouzi, Mostafa Mahabadi, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri   +4 more
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