Of the 102 children (group 1a) who had received 3 doses of a plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine as infants, 42 (41%) had anti-HBs titers ≥10 ... anti-HBs levels had fallen below 10 mIU/mL ...

Sharing injection supplies increases the risk of bloodborne infections such as HIV infection, hepatitis B virus infection ... His hemoglobin level was 12.4 g per deciliter, and his platelet ...

Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 molecule found on pre-B cells and mature ... an increase in his EPO levels and a decline in anti-EPO antibody titer.

A Surface Antibody Titer is a blood test that shows levels of immunity to the type of disease it’s drawn for. For instance, a positive Hepatitis B surface antibody titer indicates that a person is ...

Those with nonprotective titers (<10 mIU/mL) received a booster dose. We similarly followed 16 children of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers. Results: Of low risk infants ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...

GSK is prioritizing development of its hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen as the pharma ends work on another potential ...

The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) updated its clinical practice guidelines for managing hepatitis B ...

Data were included for 33,272 patients with hepatitis B virus from 45 studies. The researchers found that the overall pooled odds ratios were 2.27 and 2.61 for cirrhosis and HCC, respectively, among ...

6–9 Since we have been determining antistreptolysin-O titers routinely for our own patients as well as for patients from other hospitals and private physicians since 1939, it seemed worth while ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

Savage resident Edwin Tan spent his summer carrying a message across the triathlon finish line. Tan, 29, lives with chronic hepatitis B. He said there isn’t a lot of public ...