Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: 95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval; ANC: Antenatal Care Attendee; aOR: Adjusted Odds; Ratio; cOR: Crude Odds Ratio; HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; HBeAg: Hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen; Anti-HBc: Hepatitis B Core Antibody; Anti-HBe: Hepatitis Be Antibody; Anti-HB: Hepatitis B Surface Antibody; HIV: Human Immunodeficien...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: 95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval; ANC: Antenatal Care Attendee; aOR: Adjusted Odds; Ratio; cOR: Crude Odds Ratio; HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; HBeAg: Hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen; Anti-HBc: Hepatitis B Core Antibody; Anti-HBe: Hepatitis Be Antibody; Anti-HB: Hepatitis B Surface Antibody; HIV: Human Immunodeficien...

Literature review shows that hepatitis C infection may increase the risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma. Reactivation of hepatitis B infection has been reported in patients with hairy cell leukemia after chemotherapy and/or splenectomy. We present hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigenemia and concurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) seropositivity in a case of hairy cell leukemia. Key Words: Hairy cell leukemi...

The disappearance of the e antigen and the appearance of anti-e antigen antibodies are two biomarkers that indicate favorable prognosis in Hepatitis B. In this study the Advanced Quality immunochromatographic test for detecting those biomarkers was compared to the Vidas semi-quantitative ELISA test. Our hypothesis was that it is possible to use these biomarkers measured in a rapid and simple Ad...

OBJECTIVE To describe the evolution of serological markers among HIV and hepatitis B coinfected patients, with emphasis on evaluating the reactivation or seroreversion of these markers. METHODS The study population consisted of patients met in an AIDS Outpatient Clinic in São Paulo State, Brazil. We included in the analysis all HIV-infected and who underwent at least two positive hepatitis B ...

A 3 year old boy who had chronic active hepatitis type B with features of ongoing liver damage and active virus replication, developed acute membranous glomerulonephritis two years after the clinical onset of liver disease, when both hepatitis B e antigen and antibody were detectable in serum. After withdrawal of short term steroid treatment and resolution of hepatitis B virus replication, both...

Hepatitis B e antigen serum persistence in an individual chronically infected with the Hepatitis B virus may be associated with a greatly increased risk of developing cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This article presents an overview of the Hepatitis B e antigen and discusses the findings of a recent study evaluating its associated risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. A gross photographic i...

By the direct immunofluorescence technique 19 liver biopsies were examined for the presence of the e-antigen associated with the hepatitis B virus infection. With the use of double incubation and blocking experiments with FITC and Rhodamine labelled antisera against hepatitis B core antigen and e-antigen, evidence is presented that the e-antigen is localised in the nuclei of the hepatocytes. We...

background the transmission of hepatitis b virus (hbv) is parenteral, sexual and prenatal. prevention of vertical transmission of hbv is extremely important, because hbv infection in early life usually results in a chronic carrier state. there has been so much debate about hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) screening in pregnant women. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prev...