Background and Objectives: Vaccination is the major strategy to protect nurses against infection with hepatitis B virus. However, some nurses do not produce sufficient amount of anti-HBsAg antibody required for immunity against infection. Chronic occupational stress has been proposed as a risk factor to humoral immunity. Given that nursing staff is exposed to occupational stress risk, this stud...

background and aim: hepatitis b is a major health problem in the world and also in our country, iran. presence in war zones is among the most important risk factors for developing hepatitis b. this study was conducted to compare liver enzymes variations and hepatitis b risk factors among military and civilian chronic carriers of hepatitis b. methods: this was a cross-sectional descriptive-analy...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether prolonged infection with hepatitis B virus is associated with a lower blood cholesterol concentration. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING 81 villages in rural China with a high prevalence of chronic infection with hepatitis B virus. SUBJECTS 1556 apparently healthy men aged 35-64 years, randomly selected. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Hepatitis B virus carrier ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infections remain a significant health burden in the world, which is mainly attributed to patients who develop chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The epidemiology of Surakarta, Central Java Province, Indonesia has never been reported. This study aimed investigate demographic, clinical, laboratory characteristics with...

BACKGROUND Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common. Most studies have concentrated on the effects of chronic HIV infection on HBV infection; however, studies on the effects of acute HIV infection on HBV infection are especially important to elucidate the potential mechanisms leading to complications from HIV/HBV coinfection. METHODS We evaluat...

BACKGROUND Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy also known as pachydermoperiostosis is a rare genetic disorder that has often been confused with acromegaly because of similar clinical features. Vascular endothelial growth factors which have been implicated in the clinical features of pachydermoperiostosis, have also been shown to be present in chronic hepatitis and implicated in the malignant ...

Liver disease has a worldwide distribution.(1,2) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis and primary hepatocellular carcinoma in most parts of the world. In the developing countries of Asia and Africa, though hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the commonest cause of chronic liver disease, HCV is fast evolving as an equally important infection among these popu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the duration of protection from hepatitis B vaccine given in infancy and early childhood. DESIGN Cross sectional serological study of hepatitis B virus infection in children of various ages 14 years after the start of a trial of vaccination regimens. SETTING Two villages in the Gambia. PARTICIPANTS Children and adolescents given hepatitis B vaccine in infancy or ear...

BACKGROUND Mononeuropathy multiplex is a rare complication during the course of chronic hepatitis B, despite various neuropathies following acute hepatitis B having been reported previously. CASE REPORT A 30-year-old man presented with sensorimotor symptoms in multiple peripheral nerves. The serological tests for hepatitis were consistent with chronic active hepatitis B. After treatment with ...

background: to determine the possible sources for the transmission of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection to children in babol, north of iran.methods: forty-five boys and 35 girls with the mean age of 9.2±5.1 years were evaluated from 1993 to 2004. hepatitis b viral markers in all the family members were assessed. the risk factors for other sources were also determined.results: sixty-five (81.3%)...