background: hepatitis b virus potentially accelerates graft rejection and mortality in renal transplantation population. vaccination of graft candidates without prior immunization against hbv seems essential before transplantation but some candidates of transplantation have not received hbv vaccine at the time of receiving graft. we aimed to evaluate immunogenicity of an enhanced regimen (4 dos...

Forty-three consecutive patients with polymyalgia rheumatica were studied for serological markers of actual or previous hepatitis B virus infection. Signs of active virus replication, which include HBsAg supported by the presence of HBeAg and anti-HBc in high titres, were not found in any cases. Anti-HBs, a serological sign of previous hepatitis B virus exposure, was present in 16.8%. The preva...

conclusions the significant number of coinfected hiv-hcv patients only had hbcab positive test without detectable hbv-dna. further studies for detection of hbv-dna in both serum and liver biopsy specimens may help clarify the impact of hbv infection in coinfected hiv/hcv patients. results of 103 hiv-hcv coinfected patients, both hbsag and hbcab were positive in 7 patients (6.8%), negative in 44...

results before boosting, among 176 boosted individuals, 75 (42.6%) had hbsab 10 iu/l and were considered seroprotected. among 101 serosusceptible persons, more than 80% of boosted individuals showed more than twofold increase in cytokines concentration, which meant positive hbsag-specific cell-mediated immunity. mcl of both cytokines after boosting in giv were decreased more than twofold, possi...

OBJECTIVE Connections between chronic inflammation and tumor development and progression are now generally accepted. Recent evidence indicates that hepatitis B is associated with several types of cancer, but whether endometrial carcinoma (EC) is included has not been reported. METHODS We analyzed HBV serum marker status in 398 patients with endometrial cancer, comparing them to 788 control wo...

Introduction: Hepatitis B is a disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is transmitted through percutaneous (i.e., puncture through the skin) or mucosal (i.e., direct contact with mucous membranes) exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. HBV can cause chronic infection, resulting in cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. Persons with chronic infection a...

background: hepatitis b virus (hbv) vaccination is a well-known, safe and effective way for protection against hbv infection; however, non-responders remain susceptible to infection with hbv. this is so important in patients with any kind of chronic liver disease, especially chronic hepatitis c virus (hcv) patients in whom acute hbv infection may lead to decompensation of liver disease. some of...

A simple modification of Hepatest (Wellcome Reagents) is described, which lends itself to the rapid large-scale screening of blood donors. The technique uses 4 mul of HBSAb coated turkey cells (Cayzer et al., 1974), and Terasaki plates (Hopkins and Das, 1973), in contrast to the 25 mul used in the microtitre tray technique. This results in a considerable saving on the cost of reagents, the cost...