Background: Hepatitis is among the major health problems, especially in developing countries. During past decades, the association between type of blood group (ABO) and hepatitis B and C virus has always been discussed. This study was designed to investigate the possible association between type of ABO blood group and chronic hepatitis B and C infection. Methods: In the present analytical stud...

PURPOSE To evaluate the completeness of identification of pregnant women testing positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and birth dose hepatitis B vaccine administration, and the extent of appropriate prophylaxis of infants born to women with and without maternal HBsAg status documented in the infant medical record. METHODS We conducted medical record reviews of 3058 maternal and in...

BACKGROUND Mother -to -Child transmission of hepatitis B infection remains a major public health concern particularly in Africa. Adequate knowledge of physicians and midwives is crucial in averting most of the hepatitis B viral transmissions from mothers to their new-borns. However, there is a dearth of evidence on extent of knowledge of physicians and midwives in Ghana inspite of the increasin...

With the potent nucleos (t) ide analogues developed, necessity of life-long combined prophylaxis against hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after HBV-related liver transplantation has been challenged. But complete withdrawal of HBV prophylaxis has not been previously observed in patients at high recurrence risk who showed active HBV replication before transplant. Herein, we describe a patient w...