Occult HBV
Hepatitis B surface gene variants isolated from blood donors with overt and occult HBV infection in north eastern Egypt
... with HBV genotype D varied between 15 % in Morocco and ...in HBV genotype D strains isolated from HBsAg-positive blood donors in Iran ...of HBV vaccine in Nanjing ...
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Occult HBV among Anti HBc Alone: Mutation Analysis of an HBV Surface Gene and Pre S Gene
... Mutations of the MHR region were found in six of 24 patients with occult HBV infection, as shown in Table 2 and Fig. 1. A total of 11 mutations were found in six of 24 patients. Patients #7 and 14 showed ...
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Occult HBV infection among Egyptian hepatocellular carcinoma patients
... several HBV genes, HBV DNA can be amplified in many tissues but not all cases ...intra-hepatic HBV genes were exam- ined in the forty HCC participants in whom the Surface, X and Core genes were ...
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Occult HBV infection in HCC and cirrhotic tissue of HBsAg- negative patients: a virological and clinical study
... with occult HBV infection represents a further risk of HCC ...development. Occult HBV infection (OBI), defined as the presence of HBV DNA in liver tissue (regardless of its ...
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Molecular analysis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in an HIV co infected patient with reactivation of occult HBV infection following discontinuation of lamivudine including antiretroviral therapy
... severe HBV reactivation arose in conjunction with decreased CD4+ T cell ...severe HBV reactiva- tion were not observed at other times when the patient’s immune status was profoundly impaired (see table 2): ...
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Nearly half of Ultrio plus NAT non discriminated reactive blood donors were identified as occult HBV infection in South China
... high HBV endemic area where anti-HBc screening remained unsuitable would be ...of HBV infection were identified from blood donations described in previous studies [10, ...for HBV DNA detec- tion ...
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Reactivation of occult HBV infection in an HIV/HCV Co infected patient successfully treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir: a case report and review of the literature
... Case presentation: The patient is a Caucasian 54-years old female, with HIV/HCV co-infection (genotype 4), and a previous exposure to HBV, documented by negativity of HBsAg and positivity of HBsAb and HBcAb. Her ...
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Viral integration drives multifocal HCC during the occult HBV infection
... of HBV in liver carcinogenesis have been suggested. Among those, the HBV X gene shows a transactivating effect linked to HCC via controlling cell growth and apoptosis ...facilitate HBV insertions, ...
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Occult Hepatitis B Demonstrated by Anti-HBc and HBV DNA in HIV-Positive Patients
... but HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) -negative, the infection is referred to as occult hepatitis B infection ...(OBI). Occult HBV infection is harmful when other liver diseases are present, and can ...
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Egyptian hemodialysis patients with or without hepatitis C virus infection
... of occult HBV infection in patients on long-term hemodialysis. Occult HBV is defined as positive HBV DNA in the blood in the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen in the ...of ...
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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort
... of HBV infection varies from country to country, and as such one would expect that occult HBV would similarly vary with geographic ...of occult HBV in haemodialysis cohorts appear to be ...
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Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Biomarkers Correlates of Liver Injury among Healthy Blood Donors in Nigeria
... be occult or overt infection [5]. Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is characterized by the presence of HBV DNA in serum and/or in the liver of patients in the absence of detectable HBsAg with ...
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S gene mutations of HBV in children with HBV associated glomerulonephritis
... whether HBV serotype or genotype characteristics are associated with ...the HBV serotypes and geno- types were similar in both HBV-GN and control ...endemic HBV strain was the serotype adw and ...
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In Vitro Study of the Effects of Precore and Lamivudine-Resistant Mutations on Hepatitis B Virus Replication
... to HBV SS DNA was detectable at day 1 p.i., and HBV DS DNA became ap- parent by 2 days ...wt HBV recombinant baculovirus (2, 13). The levels of PC HBV RI were greater than wt RI levels ...
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Dynamic changes of HBV markers and HBV DNA load in infants born to HBsAg(+) mothers: can positivity of HBsAg or HBV DNA at birth be an indicator for HBV infection of infants?
... of HBV infection Since neither HBV DNA(+) nor HBsAg(+) at birth can be an indictor of HBV infection, a more sensitive and specific indicator is needed for early predicting HBV in- ...with ...
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Occult Breast Cancer
... diagnose occult breast cancer, one must exclude all the other reasons that show itself as an axillary lymphadenopathy (skin lesion, sebase cyst, congenital anomalies, infectious lymphadenop- athy, inflammatory ...
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Dissemination and clinical impact of minimal metastatic disease in gastrointestinal cancer
... It is estimated that routine H&E analysis has only a 1% chance of identifying a focus of cancer cells less than three cells in diameter (17). This level of sensitivity implies the finding that about 25% of patients ...
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Occult lumbar lateral spinal stenosis in neural foramina subjected to physiologic loading
... occur with normal physiological activities. Whatever imaging shows in the neural foramina of patients who are in a recumbent position, the anatomic relationships in the neural foramina are most likely different as the ...
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The Default Art of Classifying the Occult
... Wiley’s 1910 classification finds parallels and contrasts in other attempts of the era to classify many of the same topics. In 1894, James Rowell, of the University of California, authored his Classification of Books in ...
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Concurrent and reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: risk factors and survival outcome
... that HBV reactivation was associated with the use of rituximab [16, ...of HBV reactivation [18 – ...of HBV related DLBCL and Non-HBV related DLBCL, and the incidence of HBV re- ...
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