Occult Hepatitis B
Characterization of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection from Blood Donors in China
... Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major threat to hu- man health worldwide, especially to people living in devel- oping ...(10). Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is defined ...
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Occult Hepatitis B and NAFLD as Etiological Factors for Non B Non C Hepatocellular Carcinoma
... (157). Occult hepatitis B infection may sometimes turn out as ‘‘false” cases if plasma HEPB DNA levels are akin to those normally detected in overt HEPB ...
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Occult Hepatitis B Infection and Its Role in Blood Safety: a Review
... like occult hepatitis B infection, thalassemia, hemophilia, hemodialysis, co-infection and blood transfusion in databases including PubMed, Google Scholar and ...
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Characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV positive patients in Cameroon
... Purpose: Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) among HIV positive patients varies widely in different geographic ...of occult hepatitis B infection among HIV infected individuals ...
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Molecular Characteristics of Occult Hepatitis B Virus from Blood Donors in Southeast China
... detecting occult hepatitis B virus infections and closing the serologic window period for hepatitis C ...atitis B virus DNA in HBsAg negative ...Sala, B. Libellara, D. Corach, ...
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Occult Hepatitis B Demonstrated by Anti-HBc and HBV DNA in HIV-Positive Patients
... are hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive, but HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) -negative, the infection is referred to as occult hepatitis B infection ...(OBI). Occult HBV infection ...
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Occult hepatitis B infection in egyptian chronic hepatitis C patients: prevalence, impact on pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy
... with occult hepatitis B infection has been associated with liver enzymes flare, advanced hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, poor response to standard interferon-a, and increased risk of ...of ...
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Anti hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion
... There is increasing evidence that OBI is associated with chronic liver disease and HCC [31,32], in addition to being a source of transmission of HBV by blood transfu- sion or orthotropic liver transplantation [33]. ...
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Identification and characterization of interferon signaling-related microRNAs in occult hepatitis B virus infection
... Background: Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is an important risk factor of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular ...with hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...
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Characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV positive patients in Cameroon
... termed occult hepatitis B infection (OBI), characterized by the presence of HBV DNA in the blood and liver in HBsAg-negative individuals, who may or may not have anti-HBc and anti-HBs ...
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Specific Amino Acid Substitutions in the S Protein Prevent Its Excretion In Vitro and May Contribute to Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection
... Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is defined as low plasma level of HBV DNA with undetectable HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) outside the preseroconversion window ...
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OCCULT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
... epatitis B and C viruses are the main etiological agents of chronic hepatitis related to the emergence of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma ...of Hepatitis C and manifest Hepatitis ...
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A computational approach to identify point mutations associated with occult hepatitis B: significant mutations affect coding regions but not regulative elements of HBV
... Background: Occult Hepatitis B Infection (OBI) is characterized by absence of serum HBsAg and persistence of HBV-DNA in liver tissue, with low to undetectable serum ...
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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort
... that occult HBV would similarly vary with geographic ...of occult HBV in haemodialysis cohorts appear to be ...these occult ‘in- fections’ the viral load levels are also consistently ...
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Genetic polymorphisms of HLA DP and isolated anti HBc are important subsets of occult hepatitis B infection in Indonesian blood donors: a case control study
... to hepatitis B core antigen; Anti-HBs: Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen; CIs: Confidence intervals; CLD: Chronic liver disease; CLIA: Chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassays; HBsAg: ...
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Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Infection among HBsAg Negative Blood Donors in Golestan Province
... Nevertheless, as reported in the early 1978 [8], HBV infection is likely to be transferred through HBsAg-negative blood products in the critical stage of the infection throughout either the seronegative window period or ...
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: influence of S protein variants
... the hepatitis B virus (HBV) worldwide, posing a serious public health problem [1, ...of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA in the serological profile of the ...named occult ...
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Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in Panje-Azar Hospital, Gorgan
... ﻦﯾا ﺞﯾﺎﺘﻧ ﺎﺑ ﺎﻣ ﻪﻌﻟﺎﻄﻣ ﺖﺤﺗ داﺮﻓا نﻮﯿﺳﺎﻨﯿﺴﮐاو ﺶﺷﻮﭘ رد توﺎﻔﺗ. دراد ﯽﻧاﻮﺨﻤﻫ ﻪﻌﻟﺎﻄﻣ[r] ...
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Occult Hepatitis B virus infection in previously screened, blood donors in Ile Ife, Nigeria: implications for blood transfusion and stem cell transplantation
... tween occult HBV and the variables tested such as age, sex, alcohol use, smoking, sharing of sharps scarification marks/tattoos and number of lifetime sexual ...
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Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Blood Donors; North Middle Libya
... This is one of the biggest Libyan laboratory based studies that uses anti-HBc and PCR to detect the presence of the hepatitis B disease among blood donors in Libya. Moreover, this analysis uses a large ...
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