Large-scale data on the hepatitis D virus (HDV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection rate is needed to estimate the current ...

Infections with the hepatitis E virus often go unnoticed because they cause no symptoms. However, in patients with a weakened immune system or existing liver damage and also in pregnant women, the ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with liver diseases, including chronic hepatitis, which notably increases the risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. Although ...

Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids. They ...

The low-cost test developed by Professor Vinayak Dravid and research professor Gajendra Shekhawat builds on an existing ...

Hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant) 10mcg/0.5mL, 20mcg/mL; susp; aluminum hydroxide adsorbed; IM inj; preservative-free. Infection with hepatitis B virus can have serious consequences including ...

With an ever increasing number of patients being treated with IVIg for a wide array of immune-mediated disease, it is important that passive antibody transfer is considered when unexpected ...

They are considered protected if they have a hepatitis B surface antigen antibody (anti-HBs) titer of ≥10 mIU/mL after completing a full vaccination series. This study compared the effectiveness ...

A troubling trend has emerged in Tamale, where only 2% of mothers whose babies were exposed to Hepatitis B at birth are returning for critical antibody testing .

Prior to initiating long term immunosuppression, viral screening found hepatitis B serology suggestive of past infection, with positive results for both anti-HBc and anti-HBs antibody, but ...