In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish ...

Researchers say if their results are confirmed through further study they are optimistic the approach could be used to treat ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

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

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

A person may have hepatitis B due to a virus that transfers through bodily fluids, childbirth, and other ways. Although the infection can be short term, some people can have long-term or chronic ...

To quantify the proportion of US transplant surgeons vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV), Halpern et ... and of patient-to-surgeon transmission following exposure. Although this study ...

In a majority of children and a minority of adults, HBV infection can become chronic and lead to cirrhosis as well as liver cancer, whilst also allowing transmission of the virus to others.

Background: The duration of protection after hepatitis B vaccination of infants is unknown. Methods: We determined antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) at 4-13 years of age in 363 ...

Hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant) 10mcg/0.5mL, 20mcg/mL; susp; aluminum hydroxide adsorbed; IM inj; preservative-free. Infection with hepatitis B virus can have serious consequences including ...