Asymptomatic Chronic Hepatitis

Asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B virus infection in northern India.

BACKGROUND Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes a spectrum of diseases ranging from asymptomatic infective state to cirrhosis and hepato-cellular carcinoma. The asymptomatic state has highly variable characteristics. METHODS Sixty-one incidentally detected asymptomatic HBsAg-positive subjects (IDAHS), in whom HBsAg positivity persisted for > 6 months, were studied for liver b...

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Tenofovir

Background:Tenofovir is among the first-line treatments for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection. We evaluated the efficacy of Tenofovir in the treatment of Iranian adult patients with CHB. Methods: In a retrospective study, we evaluated 154 HBsAg positive patients referred to Sadoughi hospital in Yazd-Iran for treatment ...

Chronic Hepatitis/Chronic Active Hepatitis in Dogs

intrahepatic toll-like receptor 3 in chronic hbv infection subjects: asymptomatic carriers, active chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma

results the tlr3 protein in the ach group tended toward reduction although the p value of the comparison between the ach group and hd group was not statistically significant. the tlr3 levels in the hcc, ac, and cir groups were higher than those in the hd and ach groups. tlr3 was not interrelated with all costimulation proteins in the dcs and t cells in all five groups. no group presented any in...

Evaluation of liver enzymes in asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B virus infected pregnant women

BACKGROUND The major risk factor for perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and/or immunoprophylaxis failure is the level of maternal HBV-DNA. The aim of this study was to evaluate commonly used laboratory parameters in HBeAg-negative chronic HBV-infected pregnant women and to correlate the findings with the presence or absence of viremia. METHODS 166 consecutive chronic ...