Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common in the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV)-infected patient because of shared modes of transmission. HBV does not appear to alter HIV disease ...

While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the body's defences are unable to ...

“In the Hep. B field, we’ve always thought that HBV was an ancient pathogen of humans, but there hasn’t been any evidence” older than about 400 years, until this study, Margaret Littlejohn, a senior ...

Hepatitis B doesn't only affect adults. Babies can get it from their mothers at birth, as well as from others who are ...

The management of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) during pregnancy remains a challenge ... there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the ...

This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child transmission during childbirth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

Large-scale data on the hepatitis D virus (HDV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection rate is needed to estimate the current ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically modified to carry a human gene—for studying hepatitis B virus.

Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and long-term hepatitis B infections that last longer ...

Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids.

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...