Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are blood-
borne viruses with potentially shared routes of transmission. In high-income settings, the …

OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are endemic in Africa. However, hepatitis co-infection rates …

Detection of occult hepatitis B requires assays of the highest sensitivity and specificity with a
lower limit of detection of less than 10 IU/mL for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and< 0.1 ng/mL …

Background Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)
infections remain a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HBV burden …

Despite being vaccine-preventable, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains the seventh
leading cause of mortality in the world. In South Africa (SA), over 1.9 million people are …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is prevalent worldwide and is associated with dramatic
levels of morbidity and mortality. Isolated anti-HBc (IAHBc) is a particular serological pattern …

Background Data on prevalence and incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection in Rwanda are scarce. Methods HBV status was assessed at baseline …

Background Hepatitis B virus is hyperendemic in Sudan. Our aim was to molecularly
characterize hepatitis B virus from Sudanese individuals, with and without liver disease …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) share transmission routes
and are endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the present study was to use the …

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was shown to be present in 75% of Black Africans
with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in whom the tumor was hitherto not thought to be …