Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in Egypt: a systematic review with meta-analysis

A Azzam, H Khaled, ES El-Kayal, FA Gad… - Journal of the Egyptian …, 2023 - Springer
Background Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is a major public health problem.
The clinical importance of OBI stems from the fact that it can be transmitted to healthy …

[PDF][PDF] Serological and molecular diagnosis of occult hepatitis b virus infection in hepatitis c chronic liver diseases

EA Daef, NA Makhlouf, EH Ahmed, AI Mohamed… - Egypt J …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Occult Hepatitis B infection (OBI), defined as the presence of serum HBV DNA without
detectable HBsAg, can be classified into seropositive OBI [anti-HBc and/or anti-hepatitis B …

Occult Hepatitis B Infection in recent immigrants to Italy: occult B infection in immigrants

G Scotto, V Fazio, C Nicola - Journal of Community Health, 2020 - Springer
This study determined the prevalence and clinical features of occult hepatitis B infection
(OBI) in a population of recent immigrants to Italy. Two hundred-five immigrants were tested …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of occult hbv infection among chronic hepatitis c patients in upper egypt

AG Thabit, MA Hassan, MN Agban… - Egyptian J …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Occult hepatitis B virusinfection (OBI) is defined as the presence of HBV DNA in liver or
serum of individuals who test negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). We aimed at …