Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with liver failure secondary to chronic hepatitis B. However, liver transplantation is complicated by the risk of recurrent hepatitis B virus infection, which significantly impairs graft and patient survival. The main risk factor for the development of recurrent hepatitis B virus infection is the virus load at the time of transplanta...

BACKGROUND Since the introduction of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy and the dramatic improvement in the prognosis of individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, liver disease due to chronic viral hepatitis has become as important cause of morbidity and mortality in co-infected individuals. The objective of the study was to determine the Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis ...

 Abstract Background: Investigators were suspicious of tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) mutations occurred only in patients who were treated by lamivudine. However, YMDD mutations of hepatitis B virus gene (HBV DNA) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) untreated with antiviral medicines was reported in some studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate YMDD mutations in Ira...

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease affecting multiple organs, including liver, spleen, heart, eyes, and skin. Liver involvement is reported in 11.5% of cases and many studies have reported on the association between hepatitis C virus infection and sarcoidosis. However, the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as a trigger for sarcoidosis has never been reported. W...

Chronic liver disease related to viral hepatitis has emerged as a leading public health problem in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This paper raises awareness regarding the burden of disease related to viral hepatitis and the need for urgent action to prevent hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus transmission. More than 75% of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in the Region is attribut...

conclusions hepatitis a causes an acute infection. the patients usually recover after a few weeks or months. fulminant hepatitis can be observed in hav infection but chronic infection does not exist. extrahepatic complications and cardiac disorders are often reported in association with hepatitis c and b viruses, but they are very rare in hav infections. case presentation we present a 14-year-o...

Childhood Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes both medical and public health challenges. Infants who acquire HBV parentally have up to 90% risk of developing chronic HBV infection. It is now estimated that approximately 10% of worldwide cancers are attributable to viral infection, with the vast majority (>85 %) occurring in the developing world. In this distribution, elevated rate and prev...

conclusions these findings indicated the association of the hbsag titer and serum ifnar2 in hbsag clearance in hepatitis b virus- infected patients. in consequence, immune mechanisms related to ifn-α/β signaling might be responsible in chb outcome. background loss of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) in chronic hepatitis b (chb) infection is a favorable outcome. type i interferon (ifni) has a...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to investigate the correlation between the chronic hepatitis B virus infection and hearing status. This study was performed to investigate the correlation between the chronic hepatitis B virus infection and hearing status. PATIENTS AND METHODS This research was based on 76 hepatitis-B infections as the case group (including 35 HBV carriers and 41 chronic hep...