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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in immunocompromised patients
Jardim,Ruth Nogueira Cordeiro Moraes; Gonçales,Neiva Sellan Lopes; Pereira,Josiane Silveira Felix; Fais,Viviane Cristina; Gonçales Junior,Fernando LopesOccult hepatitis B infection is characterized by hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the serum in the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). We assessed occult HBV infection prevalence in two groups of immunocompromised patients (maintenance hemodialysis patients and HIV-positive patients) presenting HBsAg-negative and anti-HBc positive serological patterns, co-infected or not by HCV. Thirty-four hemodialys...
Noninvasive means of diagnosing liver fibrosis in hepatitis C
Gonçales,Eduardo Sellan Lopes; Angerami,Adriana Flávia Feltrim; Gonçales Junior,Fernando Lopes
Consensus of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases on the management and...
Araújo,Evaldo Stanislau Affonso de; Mendonça,João Silva; Barone,Antonio Alci; Gonçales Junior,Fernando Lopes; Ferreira,Marcelo Simão; Focaccia,Roberto
The influence of occult infection with hepatitis B virus on liver histology and...
Silva,Claudia da; Gonçales,Neiva Sellan Lopes; Pereira,Josiane Silveira Felix; Escanhoela,Cecília Amélia Fazio; Pavan,Maria Helena PostalOccult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections have been identified in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, although the clinical relevance of occult HBV infection remains controversial. We searched for serum HBV DNA in 106 HBsAg negative/anti-HBc positive patients with chronic HCV infection and in 150 blood donors HBsAg negative/anti-HBc positive/anti-HCV negative (control group) by nested-PCR. ...