While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the body's defences are unable to ...

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Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid ...

News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies. The staff member worked at Nepean ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the major public health problems at the national and global levels. The severity of hepatitis B is linked to the risk of becoming ...

1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China 2National Center for Women and Children's ...

Filter paper is an acceptable storage and transport medium for serum to be used in the detection of hepatitis B markers if temperature can be controlled. HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb are all stable for ...

All subjects gave their consent and the results were confidential. Individuals without markers of hepatitis B virus infection were provided with necessary information on infection prevention.