Nov. 11, 2002 — Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive renal transplant patients have improved survival if they are preemptively treated with lamivudine, according to the results of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HBV-infected children treated with combination PEG-INF a-2b/nucleos(t)ide analogues achieved higher HBsAg loss ...

Under what circumstances should a clinician be allowed to continue to practice surgery when there is a potential, however small, of transmitting a potentially fatal infection to a patient? According ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with low baseline HBsAg, 39% achieved HBsAg loss with tobevibart/elebsiran, which rose to 46% ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...

A recent study published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics reports that patients with a lower hepatitis B virus (HBV) haplotype number of less than or equal to two are more likely to achieve ...

This large-scale exploratory study demonstrated that the prevalence of HDV antibody positivity was very low (0.24%) in Chinese patients with chronic HBV infection, with only one of the 4,936 patients ...

Q: If a person is exposed to potential bloodborne pathogens (e.g., inadvertently given another patient’s dialysate for hemodialysis), when is the best time to recheck for possible development of ...