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Hepatitis delta in patients with resolved hepatitis B virus infection
Background The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. As HDV replication requires hepatitis B virus (HBV), HDV screening is limited to HBsAg+ carriers. To date, individuals ...
Occult hepatitis B and HIV infection
Introduction Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, so-called occult B infection (OBI), is defined by the recognition of HBV-DNA in the absence of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The HBV-DNA genome in OBI is ...
Hepatitis D virus infection in patients with hepatitis B virus occult infection
(Lippincott Williams, 2019-05)
Aguilera et al. have clearly confirmed the usefulness of looking for hepatitis D virus (HDV) in patients showing HBsAg reactivity in serum. However, Ponzetto et al. ,have accurately emphasized the fact that HDV infection ...
Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis B virus infection
In October 2018 a large number of international experts with complementary expertise came together in Taormina to participate in a workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI). The objectives of the workshop were ...
Molecular and serological characterization of occult hepatitis B among blood donors in Maputo, Mozambique
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., 2020)
Overt and occult hepatitis B among immigrants and native blood donors in Madrid, Spain
Background:
The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections is very low in developed countries. Recent massive migration flows from highly hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or HIV endemic regions ...