Surveillance Following Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Loss: An Issue Requiring Attention by Shuai-Wen Huang, Hong Long, Jia-Quan Huang

“…However, even after HBsAg loss, hepatitis B virus can persist, with a risk of recurrence, reactivation, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. …”
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Incidence of Severe Hepatotoxicity Related to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by Emily L. Heil, Mary L. Townsend, Kenneth Shipp, Amy Clarke, Melissa D. Johnson

“…Patients were excluded if they had active or chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). The primary objective was to determine the overall incidence of severe hepatotoxicity. …”
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HBV cccDNA: The Molecular Reservoir of Hepatitis B Persistence and Challenges to Achieve Viral Eradication by André Boonstra, Gulce Sari

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health issue, with an estimated 254 million people living with chronic HBV infection worldwide as of 2022. …”
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Clinical Relevance of HLA Gene Variants in HBV Infection by Li Wang, Zhi-Qiang Zou, Kai Wang

“…Host gene variants may influence the natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in humans, is one of the most important host factors that are correlated with the clinical course of HBV infection. …”
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Viral hepatitis B epidemiology in Sakha republic (Yakutia) by S. I. Semenov, R. G. Savvin, S. G. Nikitina, S. S. Maksimova, V. G. Krivoshapkin, S. S. Sleptsova

“…According to EIA results the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection markers in population corresponds to criteria of intermediate intensity and for hepatitis D virus — to high intensity.Conclusions. …”
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Feedback control of an HBV model based on ensemble kalman filter and differential evolution by Junyoung Jang, Kihoon Jang, Hee-Dae Kwon, Jeehyun Lee

“…In this paper, we derive efficient drug treatment strategies for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by formulating a feedback control problem. …”
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Entecavir-Associated Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report and Review of the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of a Rare but Reversible Cause of Thrombocytopenia by Binoy Yohannan, Dai Chu N. Luu, Mark Feldman

“…She had undergone screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) prior to starting rituximab and was found to have hepatitis B core serum antibody (IgG anti-HBc). …”
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From the right ventricle to the descending aorta: a Case Report of complex thrombotic events in a patient with nephrotic syndrome by Jiaojiao Chen, Longyin Zhu, Fen Zhou, Yuting Li, Tao Gu, Jing Xia

“…The etiological diagnosis was hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis, and the pathological diagnosis was mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. …”
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High Steroid Sensitivity among Children with Nephrotic Syndrome in Southwestern Nigeria by Taiwo Augustina Ladapo, Christopher Imokhuede Esezobor, Foluso Ebun Lesi

“…No cases of quartan malaria nephropathy or hepatitis B virus nephropathy were diagnosed. Overall mortality was 6.5%. …”
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Synthesis of some benzimidazole derivatives endowed with 1,2,3-triazole as potential inhibitors of hepatitis C virus by Youssif Bahaa G. M., Mohamed Yaseen A. M., Salim Mohammed T. A., Inagaki Fuyuhiko, Mukai Chisato, Abdu-Allah Hajjaj H. M.

“…New derivatives of 2-thiobenzimidazole incorporating triazole moiety were synthesized, characterized and tested in vitro for antiviral activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV). Their cytotoxicity was determined by the reduction in the number of viable cell. …”
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Associations between Extracellular Matrix Protein 1 Gene Polymorphism and Progression of Liver Disease by Xiuting He, Ting Liu, Rui Zhang, Xu Li

“…A total 656 patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and 298 healthy individuals of the Chinese Han population were recruited for a retrospective case-control study. …”
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Pharmacophore modeling and QSAR analysis of anti-HBV flavonols. by Basireh Baei, Parnia Askari, Fatemeh Sana Askari, Seyed Jalal Kiani, Alireza Mohebbi

“…Due to its global burden, Targeting Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in humans is crucial. …”
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Missed Opportunities for Prevention of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Julie van Schalkwyk, Melica Nourmoussavi, Andrea Massey, Reka Gustafson, Elizabeth Brodkin, Martin Petric, Mel Krajden, Simon Dobson, Jane Buxton, Mark Bigham, Neora Pick, Richard Schreiber, Christopher H Sherlock, Deborah Money, Eric M Yoshida

“…BACKGROUND: Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can occur despite postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). …”
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Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Saudi Blood Donors by Bandar Al-Knawy, Awad A El-Mekki, Jamal Hamdi, Raja Thiga, Anwar Sheikha

“…The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) was retrospectively determined using a second generation enzyme immunoassay in 3868 blood donors from the southern part of Saudi Arabia in an area with high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Of 3354 Saudis, 48 (1.43%) were seropositive for anti-HCV. …”
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A Canadian Isolate of Hepatitis D (delta) Virus by Véronique Poisson, Daniel B Ménard, Éric Frost, Jean-Pierre Perreault

“…HepatitisD(delta) virus (HDV) is an infectious agent that propagates in hepatocytes only in the presence of hepatitis B virus, causing fulminant or chronic hepatitis with liver cirrhosis. …”
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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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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Cytomegalovirus, and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses in Multitransfused Thalassemic Children in Upper Egypt by Ramadan A. Mahmoud, Abdel-Azeem M. El-Mazary, Ashraf Khodeary

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in thalassemic children attending the Pediatrics Departments of both Sohag and Minia Universities of Upper Egypt, during the period from May 2014 to May 2015. …”
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Global dynamics of a vaccination model for infectious diseases with asymptomatic carriers by Martin Luther Mann Manyombe, Joseph Mbang, Jean Lubuma, Berge Tsanou

“…Finally, a case study of hepatitis B virus disease (HBV) is considered, with the numerical simulations presented to support the analytical results. …”
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Effect of Intervention of Vaccination and Treatment on the Transmission Dynamics of HBV Disease: A Mathematical Model Analysis by Firaol Asfaw Wodajo, Temesgen Tibebu Mekonnen

“…We proposed and analyzed a compartmental nonlinear deterministic mathematical model SEACTR for transmission dynamics and control of hepatitis B virus disease. In this model, we used force infection which takes the contact rate of susceptible population and transmission probability into account. …”
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Risk factors of development of hepatocellular carcinoma by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, Ye. N. German, M. V. Bundina

“…Prophylaxis of HCC should include prevention of hepatites B and C viruses infection, elimination of hepatotoxic substances, hepatitis B virus vaccination, antiviral therapy for patients with hepatites B and С. …”
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