Worldwide, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the primary cause of cirrhosis and
hepatocellular carcinoma and is one of the ten leading causes of death. Traditionally …

The persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes in HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)
negative individuals is termed occult HBV infection. Occult HBV status is associated in some …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission after liver
transplantation of grafts from HBsAg-negative, anti-HBc positive donors is well established …

In areas with low hepatitis B virus (HBV) endemicity such as most parts of Europe and the
United States “anti‐HBc alone” is found in 10–20% of all individuals with HBV markers, ie, 1 …

The article discusses hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and transfusion medicine. It is said
that HBV, an obscure, hidden disease, is found in persons having HBV DNA in their blood or …

Chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) usually show hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
in their sera, which is considered the best marker for acute and chronic HBV infection. In …

Blood transfusion is a vital procedure, where transfusion‐transmitted infection of hepatitis B
virus (HBV) remains an important issue, especially from blood donors with occult hepatitis B …

Persons with immune deficiency may present with atypical results in serological tests for
hepatitis B virus (HBV). Frozen serum specimens that were sequentially obtained over time …

Background/Aims: In approximately 5% of chronic liver disease cases, no aetiology can be
identified. We selected sera from 50 patients with chronic hepatitis of unknown aetiology …

Isolated reactivity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti‐HBc) is observed relatively
frequently in immunocompromised individuals, intravenous drug abusers (IVDA), and in the …