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Occult B infection in the Brazilian northeastern region: a preliminary report
Almeida,Delvone; Tavares-Neto,José; Trepo,Christian; Almeida,Alessandro; Mello,Caroline; Chemin,Isabelle; Paraná,RaymundoA sentinel study on viral hepatitis is currently being carried out in the village of Cavunge in a semiarid rural region of the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. This study has identified individuals in whom anti-HBc IgG was the only serological marker for hepatitis B virus (HBV). This serological pattern may constitute evidence of occult HBV infection. This study Investigated the possibility of occult hepati...
Liver histological alterations in patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal ...
Santana,Nelma Pereira de; Freitas,Luiz A.R. de; Lyra,André Castro; Paraná,Raymundo; Santana,Genoile; Trepo,Christian; Lyra,Luiz G.C.Patients with chronic hepatitis C can have variable clinical progression. Hepatic histological alterations appear to be milder in asymptomatic subjects who have persistently normal ALT levels. AIMS: To evaluate the severity of histological liver alterations in blood donors with normal and elevated ALT levels. METHODS: We evaluated volunteer blood donors from the main blood bank of the city of Salvador-Brazil. T...
Fulminant hepatitis with microvesicular steatosis (a histologic comparison of c...
Andrade,Zilton A.; Lesbordes,Jean L.; Ravisse,Paul; Paraná,Raimundo; Prata,Aluízio; Barberino,João S.; Trepo,ChristianA similar histopathologic picture of fatal hepatitis associated with widespread acute fatty changes in hepatocytes and single-cell necrosis was seen in epidemic cases occurring in two distinct equatorial areas having high prevalences of HBV and HDV infections. The cases were previously considered to be two different entities; Labrea hepatitis in Brazil, and Bangui hepatitis in the Central African Republic. Howe...