Hepatitis B virus persistence and reactivation

Y Shi, M Zheng - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes chronic hepatitis and has long term complications.
Individuals ever infected with HBV are at risk of viral reactivation under certain …

Natural history of acute and chronic hepatitis B: the role of HBV genotypes and mutants

CL Lin, JH Kao - Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular epidemiologic studies reveal remarkable differences in the geographical
distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes. The frequency of mutants among HBV …

EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection

P Lampertico, K Agarwal, T Berg, M Buti… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health problem with changing
epidemiology due to several factors including vaccination policies and migration. This …

Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update

SK Sarin, M Kumar, GK Lau, Z Abbas, HLY Chan… - Hepatology …, 2016 - Springer
Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest
rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection …

Hepatitis B virus genotypes and variants

CL Lin, JH Kao - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
At least 10 hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes (A to J) with distinct geographic distributions
and several HBV mutants, including precore/core promoter mutations and pre-S/S deletion …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus and its sexually transmitted infection-an update

T Inoue, Y Tanaka - Microbial cell, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epidemiology: incidence and prevalence: About 5% of the world's population has chronic
hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and nearly 25% of carriers develop chronic hepatitis …

[HTML][HTML] Genotypes and viral variants in chronic hepatitis B: A review of epidemiology and clinical relevance

CMN Croagh, PV Desmond, SJ Bell - World journal of hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) has a worldwide distribution and is endemic in many
populations. It is constantly evolving and 10 genotypic strains have been identified with …

Hepatitis B virus reactivation associated with therapeutic interventions

Y Chang, SW Jeong, JY Jang - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation associated with various therapeutic interventions is an
important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with current or resolved HBV infection …

Molecular mechanisms during hepatitis B infection and the effects of the virus variability

M Campos-Valdez, HC Monroy-Ramírez… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The immunopathogenesis and molecular mechanisms involved during a hepatitis B virus
(HBV) infection have made the approaches for research complex, especially concerning the …

Cross-protection of hepatitis B vaccination among different genotypes

T Inoue, Y Tanaka - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B (HB) vaccination is the most effective method for preventing HB virus (HBV)
infection. Universal HB vaccination containing recombinant HB surface antigens (HBsAg) is …