Allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) increases the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers but the incidence, risk factors and course of HBV ...

Anti-HBs is a neutralizing antibody and its presence suggests the recovery from hepatitis B and confers a long-term ... These patients usually harbor precore/core promoter mutations in the HBV ...

Study: AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in ... HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) or HBV core antibody (anti-HBc). The most common cause ...

[25] In this study, specimens from all blood donations collected in 2008 were screened for HBsAg, anti-HBc (HBV core antibody ... that routine infant hepatitis B vaccination, with 90% coverage ...

More information: Jeanne Perpétue Vincent et al, Hepatitis B core-related antigen rapid diagnostic test for point-of-care identification of women at high risk of hepatitis B vertical transmission ...

This large-scale exploratory study demonstrated that the prevalence of HDV antibody positivity was ... patients were hepatitis B e antigen-positive. The mean (standard deviation) HBsAg level ...

He was living with hepatitis B (HBV) and with advanced HIV. "Since both viruses are bloodborne and transmitted in similar ways, coinfections can be quite common," says Dr. Anchalee Avihingsanon ...