background: in patients who are hepatitis b virus (hbv) dna-positive, but hbv surface antigen (hbsag) -negative, the infection is referred to as occult hepatitis b infection (obi). occult hbv infection is harmful when other liver diseases are present, and can aggravate liver damage in in patients with chronic liver diseases. in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection the suppression of vir...

background: the objective of this study is to estimate the average diagnosis and treatment costs of chronic hepatitis b and c, with respect to different therapeutic strategies in iran. methods: this is a descriptive, analytical, and cross‑sectional study carried out on patients with hepatitis b and c, who were referred to the liver disease research center for prevention and treatment of hepatit...

context occult hepatitis b (ohb), or persistent hbv dna in patients who are hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) negative, is a recently recognized entity. in an attempt to summarize the issues, this review presents an overview of the current proposed hypothesis on the clinical relevance and also updates the knowledge on the classification of ohb in different clinical settings. evidence acquisit...

The burden of viral hepatitis in India is not well characterized. In 2009, the national Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) began conducting surveillance across all Indian states for epidemic-prone diseases, including foodborne and waterborne forms of viral hepatitis (e.g., hepatitis A and E). Information on outbreaks of all forms of viral hepatitis, including A, B, C, and E, also ...

Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is a worldwide health problem. Vertical transmission is a route of Hepatitis B virus infection that is regarded as a considerable factor in Hepatitis B virus prevention program all over the world. Objective: This study was conducted to screen the hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B surface antibody and hepatitis B e antigen in pregnant women. Methods...

Fermented dairy products have been associated with multiple health benefits. The present study aimed to produce a functional yogurt drink fortified golden berry juice and assess its therapeutic effect on hepatitis rats. Thirty male albino rats were randomly divided into two major groups. first group included the control (-) animals (six rats) was fed standard diet, whereas second 24 that diet i...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Most patients with acute viral hepatitis A have a favorable course, but a few of them suffer from severe forms of hepatitis such as fulminant hepatitis. This study was carried out to identify the factors influencing the severity of acute viral hepatitis A. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 713 patients with acute hepatitis A, who were divided into two ...

INTRODUCTION Chronic hepatitis is a liver disease in the form of continuous inflammation and necrosis for at least 6 months. There are many causes of chronic hepatitis, including genetic disorders, drugs, toxins, autoimmune, idiopathic; but the most common cause is viral. The virus that causes chronic viral hepatitis is the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), as well as hepatitis ...

Resulting directly from the discovery of virus-related antigens, rapid progress has marked the last decade of viral hepatitis research. The hepatitis B virion has been tentatively identified as a DNA virus with an endogenous DNA polymerase, and new serological markers for type B hepatitis have been discovered. Hepatitis A antigen has been identified on a virus-like particle thought to be the he...