Viral hepatitis was the most common cause of infectious disease mortality worldwide after tuberculosis in 2024, according to ...

At least one-third of the world's population has been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 400 million ... to various chronic diseases, an antigen was identified in the serum of ...

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a common cause of viral ... Assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are the most frequently used tests to detect HBV infection. Vaccination for HBV ...

Spontaneous loss of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) followed by seroconversion ... initially developed to combat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but 3TC (lamivudine) was noted to have a potent ...

Wang Yu, chairman of the Chinese Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control, said the positivity rate of hepatitis B surface antigen among ... infected with the virus transmitted through ...

This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child ... The first-line screening test, which detects the HBV surface antigen, is affordable and accessible in ...

If a test finds hepatitis B virus fragments called surface antigen (HBsAg) over a period longer than six months, then you are a chronic carrier of hepatitis B. You can potentially transmit the virus ...

Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus ... attack the antigen (i.e., the protein coat). Then, if the inoculated person is later exposed to the virus, the immune ...

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AMALAPURAM: Health authorities in Konaseema district have reported a spike in hepatitis infections in Pallam village, ...

The mean alanine aminotransferase level was 34 ± 58 U/L, and 1,509 (30.6%) patients were hepatitis B e antigen-positive. The mean (standard deviation) HBsAg level at baseline was 3,535 ± 11,292 ...