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https://doi.org/10.1097/HEP.0000000000000384
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.); Mizushima D, Takano M et. al.
Mar 25th, 2023 - Men who have sex with men (MSM) are vulnerable to contracting hepatitis B virus (HBV) as a sexually transmitted infection (STI). We evaluated the incidence of HBV infection (HBI) and the prophylactic effect of tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophyla...
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823000225
Epidemiology and Infection; Bailey H, Nastouli E et. al.
Mar 25th, 2023 - Around 0.4% of pregnant women in England have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and need services to prevent vertical transmission. In this national audit, sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory information was requested from all matern...
https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2023.12985
Molecular Medicine Reports; Ruan P, Zhou R et. al.
Mar 25th, 2023 - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) integration into human genome causes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study used inverse nested PCR; the full sequence of HBV DNA fragments of the chrX: 111009033 integration site was detected (987 bp), containin...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033635
Nature Communications; Pfister S, Rabl J et. al.
Mar 24th, 2023 - The discovery of nackednaviruses provided new insight into the evolutionary history of the hepatitis B virus (HBV): The common ancestor of HBV and nackednaviruses was non-enveloped and while HBV acquired an envelope during evolution, nackednavirus...
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.28695
Journal of Medical Virology; Chen Z, Huang T et. al.
Mar 23rd, 2023 - Given the pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variants, booster vaccination (BV) using inactivated virus vaccines (the third dose) has been implemented in China. However, the immune responses after BV, especially th...
Guidelines 7 results
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979596
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; Weng MK, Doshani M et. al.
Apr 1st, 2022 - Hepatitis B (HepB) vaccines have demonstrated safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy during the past 4 decades (1,2). However, vaccination coverage among adults has been suboptimal, limiting further reduction in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101773
Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology; Leroy V, Chevaliez S et. al.
Aug 1st, 2021 - Diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, initial staging of infection and monitoring of treated and untreated patients are mainly based on clinical, biological and imaging criteria allowing a complete non-invasive management for the...
https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.20.01757
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the Am... Hwang JP, Feld JJ et. al.
Jul 28th, 2020 - This Provisional Clinical Opinion update presents a clinically pragmatic approach to hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening and management. All patients anticipating systemic anticancer therapy should be tested for HBV by 3 tests-hepatitis B surface an...
https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2019.1675903
Infectious Diseases (London, England); Westin J, Aleman S et. al.
Oct 16th, 2019 - Despite access to effective antiviral drugs and vaccines, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health issue worldwide. HBV is highly infectious and may cause chronic infection, progressive liver damage, hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5837403
MMWR. Recommendations and Reports : Morbidity and Mortali... Schillie S, Vellozzi C et. al.
Jun 26th, 2018 - HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) IS TRANSMITTED VIA BLOOD OR SEXUAL CONTACT. PERSONS WITH CHRONIC HBV INFECTION ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR CIRRHOSIS AND LIVER CANCER AND REQUIRE MEDICAL CARE. THIS REPORT UPDATES AND SUMMARIZES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED RECOMMEND...
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984213
Nov 17th, 2022 - Treatment with bepirovirsen led to sustained clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA for 24 weeks after the end of treatment for adults with chronic HBV in the phase 2b B-Clear study. The study results were...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983719
Nov 8th, 2022 - Vaccination campaigns in more than 80 nations have successfully reduced the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen. That’s the good news. Less good is the news that no countries are on track to meet the goals for HBV eradication by ...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983596
Nov 4th, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for tenofovir alafenamide (Vemlidy) to children aged 12 years and older with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with compensated liver disease, Gilead Sciences has announ...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982766
Oct 20th, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaway Antiviral therapy improves survival among elderly patients after hepatectomy for hepatitis B virus (HBV)–related h...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979110
Aug 11th, 2022 - Progress has occurred in reducing maternal-to-child transmission of hepatitis B but is still lagging, particularly in Africa, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on maternal-to-child transmission ...