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Orientación técnica: manejo y tratamiento de la infección por virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) Chile, 3ra edición. 2021
Technical guidance: management and treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, Chile. 3rd edition. 2021

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 32 (2), 2021

Seroprevalence and factors associated with Human Immunodeficiency virus, Human T lymphotropic virus and Hepatitis B/C infections in parturient women of Salvador - Bahia, Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (4), 2020
Abstract Background The heterogeneity in detection rates of Human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV), Human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) and Hepatitis B and C infections among pregnant women and the continuous exposure to risk factors limits the adoption of preventive and control actions. Objective To evalua...

Hepatitis B and C viral infections screening in a Tunisian IBD population under immunosuppressive therapies

ABSTRACT Background : Immunosuppressive drugs have become a mainstay of therapy for the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). These treatments expose to a risk of hepatitis B and C reactivation. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses in Tunisian IBD patie...

Reducción en la infección por VHB y VHD en dos poblaciones indígenas de la Amazonia peruana después de la vacunación contra la hepatitis B

Salud pública Méx; 62 (3), 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Conocer el resultado de la vacunación contra la hepatitis B en las comunidades hiperendémicas Kandozi y Chapra de la Amazonia Peruana a partir de la prevalencia de infecciones por los virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) y Delta (VHD), ocho años después de iniciada la vacunación. Mater...

Seroprotección para virus de hepatitis B en estudiantes universitarios de atención prehospitalaria en Cali, Colombia
Seroprotection for hepatitis B virus in university students of prehospital care in Cali, Colombia

Introducción: El personal de salud se encuentra expuesto a contraer enfermedades infecto contagiosas en el ejercicio de su labor, una de ellas es la hepatitis B. Los estudiantes de atención prehospitalaria no se encuentran exentos de sufrir esta enfermedad, sobre todo por el contexto de las emergencias...

Estudio de algunos biomarcadores para infecciones de transmisión sexual en un centro de inclusión social venezolano: período 2013-2018

INTRODUCCIÓN: Las infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) se expresan con mayor frecuencia en poblaciones marginadas, como lo son los ciudadanos que se encuentran en situación de calle y con problemas de drogadicción. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Mediante un estudio de campo descriptivo retrospectivo, se d...

Prevalence of hepatitis B and D virus infection in a district of Mato Grosso, bordering Amazonas and Rondônia states

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Brazil's western Amazon basin has the highest prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the country. Coinfection with hepatitis D virus (HDV) is also endemic. To estimate the prevalence of HBV and HDV markers in a population inhabiting the northwest portion of Mato Gross...

Prevalence of coinfections in women living with human immunodeficiency virus in Northeast Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Despite the success of antiretrovirals, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfections continue to cause mortality. We investigated the prevalence of coinfections in women with HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Sergipe, Brazil. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional s...

Hepatitis B: Prevalence and occult infection in HIV-infected patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: HBV and HIV have identical transmission routes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV in HIV patients and to detect the presence of occult HBV infection. METHODS: All samples were tested for serology markers and using qPCR. RESULTS: This study included 232...

The effectiveness of the national hepatitis B vaccination program 25 years after its introduction in Iran: a historical cohort study

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most common human viral infections. An estimated 257 million people are living with chronic HBV infection worldwide, and mortality has reached 900,000 deaths in recent years. In 2001, the World Health Organization reported a pr...