The Asiago Supernova Catalog is used to carry out a comparative study of super-nova absolute-magnitude distributions. An overview of the absolute magnitudes of the supernovae in the current observational sample is presented, and the evidence for sub-luminous and overluminous events is examined. The fraction of supernovae that are underluminous (M B > −15) appears to be higher (perhaps much high...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and genotype of acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) in patients referred to farabi referral eye center methods: in this study, corneal scraping specimens that obtained from keratitis patients examined for acanthamoeba and its genotype identifications. direct smears, cultivation in non-nutrient agar (nna) followed by pcr were chosen as the basic diagnostic methods. t...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) is one of the extrahepatic manifestations after HBV infection, which would cause great clinical harm to people. The present study was undertaken to investigate the HBV-GN genotypes and its clinical relevance in Chinese children. METHODS A total of 41 HBV-infected children diagnosed with HBV-GN were enrolled in the study. All ...

Approximately 350 million people worldwide are persistently infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) [1], which has been classified into 8 genotypes (A–H) by means of molecular evolutionary analyses [2–4]. HBV genotypes have different geographic distributions [5]. Genotype D is ubiquitous and scattered worldwide, whereas genotype A is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, North America, and Eu-rope and...

Genotype C of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been shown to be associated with a poor clinical outcome, compared to genotype B. To explore the clinical phenotypes, with special reference to the seroconversion of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and frequency of acute exacerbation between patients infected with HBV genotypes B and C, a cohort of 272 Taiwanese patients with chronic HBV infection was ana...

Received 4 January 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.019902©2023 American Physical SocietyPhysics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasRefractionShock wavesPhysical SystemsDiamondTechniquesPressure techniquesCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection vary widely. In addition to host factors, several viral factors including HBV genotype, viral load, specific viral mutations and quantitative HBsAg levels, have been associated with disease outcomes. Among viral factors, HBV genotype correlates with not only the clinical outcomes, but also with the response to interferon treatment. ...