Hepatitis B prevalence in an endemic area of hepatitis C virus: A population-based study implicated in hepatitis elimination in Thailand by Nawarat Posuwan, Rujipat Wasitthankasem, Napaporn Pimsing, Wijittra Phaengkha, Saranya Ngamnimit, Preeyaporn Vichaiwattana, Sirapa Klinfueng, Maneerat Raksayod, Yong Poovorawan

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Predictive Factors of Lamivudine Treatment Success in a Hepatitis B Virus-Infected Pediatric Cohort: A 10-Year Study by Yasmine Yousef, Kathie Béland, Emmanuel Mas, Pascal Lapierre, Dorothée Bouron Dal Soglio, Fernando Alvarez

“…BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are responsible for the development of chronic hepatitis in 400 million people worldwide. …”
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48-Week Outcome after Cessation of Nucleos(t)ide Analogue Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis B Patient and the Associated Factors with Relapse by Wen-xiong Xu, Qian Zhang, Xiang Zhu, Chao-shuang Lin, You-ming Chen, Hong Deng, Yong-yu Mei, Zhi-xin Zhao, Dong-ying Xie, Zhi-liang Gao, Chan Xie, Liang Peng

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Clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association and the Russian society on studying of liver diseases on diagnostics and treatment of adult patients with hepatitis B by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yushchuk, M. V. Mayevskaya, O. O. Znoyko, K. R. Dudina, G. N. Karetkina, E. A. Klimova, S. L. Maximov, Yu. V. Martynov, I. V. Mayev, Ch. S. Pavlov, Ye. A. Fedosyina, A. O. Bueverov, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, N. A. Malyshev, I. G. Nikitin, Ya. G. Moysyuk, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, G. M. Kozhevnikova, K. V. Zhdanov, A. G. Rakhmanova, V. P. Chulanov, I. V. Shahgildyan, V. E. Syutkin, P. O. Bogomolov

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Association of Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Polymorphism with Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Qidong Han Population by Fengqin Miao, Hang Sun, Ning Pan, Jinhuan Xu, Jie Qiu, Yuqing Shen, Wei Xie, Jianqiong Zhang

“…To investigate whether HLA class I polymorphisms could influence the clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Qidong Han population. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors in Patients with Hepatitis B: A Cross-Sectional Assessment in Southeastern China by Ping Chen, Fen Zhang, Yiqun Shen, Yubo Cai, Chaolei Jin, Yan Li, Mingmin Tu, Weizhen Zhang, Yu Wang, Shi-Feng Zhang, Jiangyun Wang, Lanjuan Li

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important aspect in the management of patients with hepatitis B (HB), which remains a serious health problem in China. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Health Workers Towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention in Health Centers of Bushenyi District. by Byamukama, Julius

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Positive hepatitis B surface antigen leads to a decrease in ovarian reserve in infertile patients receiving first in vitro fertilization treatment by Yutao Li, Xuejiao Wang, Ye Jiang, Qun Lv, Yi Zhang, Yu Wang

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Prevalence of HDV, HCV, and HIV Infection in the Population of Patients Infected with HBV in a Romanian Cohort by Antoanela Curici, Olivia Mioara Ilie, Dana Elena Mindru

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Identification of multiple complications as independent risk factors associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-year mortality in hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis patients by Duo Shen, Ling Sha, Ling Yang, Xuefeng Gu

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Acceptability and completeness of vaccination schedules recommended for transgender women and travestis in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study, 2019-2020 by Cristina Langkammer Martins, Katia Cristina Bassichetto, Maria A. S. M. Veras

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Seroprevalence of TORCH Viral Agents in Pregnant Women in Turkey: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Elmas Pinar Kahraman Kilbas, Ihsan Hakki Ciftci, Imdat Kilbas, Hande Toptan

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Antiviral Treatment Alters the Frequency of Activating and Inhibitory Receptor-Expressing Natural Killer Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infected Patients by Juan Lv, Qinglong Jin, Haibo Sun, Xiumei Chi, Xiaoli Hu, Hongqing Yan, Yu Pan, Weihua Xiao, Zhigang Tian, Jinlin Hou, Damo Xu, Zhengkun Tu, Junqi Niu

“…Our results demonstrate that treatment with tenofovir leads to viral load reduction, and correlated with NK cell frequencies in peripheral blood of chronic hepatitis B virus infection. In addition, treatments with both tenofovir and adefovir in chronic HBV infected patients induce a decrease of the frequency of inhibitory receptor+ NK cells, which may account for the partial restoration of the function of NK cells in peripheral blood following treatment.…”
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High-Throughput Analysis of the T Cell Receptor Beta Chain Repertoire in PBMCs from Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with HBeAg Seroconversion by Yachao Qu, Yong Huang, Di Liu, Yinuo Huang, Zhiyi Zhang, Zhiqiang Mi, Xiaoping An, Yigang Tong, Jun Lu

“…T lymphocytes are the most important immune cells that affect both the development and treatment of hepatitis B. We used high-throughput sequencing to determine the diversity in the V and J regions of the TCRβ chain in 4 chronic hepatitis B patients before and after HBeAg seroconversion. …”
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Hepatitis B Reactivation in a HBsAg-Negative, HBcAb-Positive Patient Receiving Fludarabine for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia by Federica Toscanini, Pasqualina De Leo, Giuseppe Calcagno, Federica Malfatti, Alessandro Grasso, Marco Anselmo

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is an increasingly recognized cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing chemotherapy. …”
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miR-106a Is Downregulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Chronic Hepatitis B and Associated with Enhanced Levels of Interleukin-8 by Zhongsi Hong, Haiyu Hong, Jian Liu, Xiaobin Zheng, Mingxing Huang, Chunna Li, Jinyu Xia

“…This study aimed to investigate miR-106a expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and to analyze the function of miR-106a. …”
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Knowledge and awareness of perinatal antiviral use in the prevention of mother-to-child hepatitis B virus transmission among maternal chronic hepatitis carriers by Jia Ming Low, Ting Ma, Guan-Huei Lee, Le Ye Lee

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Effect of HBeAg/anti-HBe coexistence on HBeAg seroconversion in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients with peginterferon-α by Kaimin Song, Huitong Wang, Dawu Zeng, Yunyun Qian, Zhixiang Guo, Huatang Zhang, Yijuan Zheng, Yongjun Zhou, Xueping Yu, Zhijun Su

“…Background: As an uncommon serological pattern, the effect of hepatitis B e antigen/anti-hepatitis B e (HBeAg/anti-HBe) coexistence on peginterferon-α (Peg-IFN-α) therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains unknown. …”
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Prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C infection and associated factors among pregnant women in southeast Ethiopia: community-based crossectional study by Nuruzelam Mohammed, Jeylan Kassim, Ahmednur Adem Aliyi, Muhammed Jemal Abdurebi

“…IntroductionHepatitis B or C infection during pregnancy increases the risk of vertical transmission, which is risky for the growing fetus and the newborn. …”
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