Nov. 11, 2002 — Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive renal transplant patients have improved survival if they are preemptively treated with lamivudine, according to the results of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HBV-infected children treated with combination PEG-INF a-2b/nucleos(t)ide analogues achieved higher HBsAg loss ...

Under what circumstances should a clinician be allowed to continue to practice surgery when there is a potential, however small, of transmitting a potentially fatal infection to a patient? According ...

In a study published in the journal Genes & Diseases, researchers from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University analyzed data from an extensive dataset comprising over 70,000 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hepatitis D, in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive individuals, may remain undiagnosed due to lack of testing, ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...

This large-scale exploratory study demonstrated that the prevalence of HDV antibody positivity was very low (0.24%) in Chinese patients with chronic HBV infection, with only one of the 4,936 patients ...

A recent study published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics reports that patients with a lower hepatitis B virus (HBV) haplotype number of less than or equal to two are more likely to achieve ...

Q: If a person is exposed to potential bloodborne pathogens (e.g., inadvertently given another patient’s dialysate for hemodialysis), when is the best time to recheck for possible development of ...