Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem in many countries, with
nearly 300 million people worldwide carrying HBV chronic infection and over 1 million …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections pose serious problems in
terms of public health and clinical intervention in a country with approximately 250 million …

Abstract In 2016, the Immunization Technical Advisory Group of the South-East Asia Region
(SEAR) endorsed a regional goal to achieve≤ 1% prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen …

Approximately 240 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), 75%
of whom reside in Asia. Approximately 600000 of infected patients die each year due to HBV …

Summary In 2015, the Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific gathered leading
hepatitis experts from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant tumor with high lethality, and the
hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a chief cause. HBV can accelerate HCC via multiple mechanisms …

Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is characterized by the detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV)
DNA in serum or liver but negativity for hepatitis B surface antigen. OBI, which is thought to …

Indonesia has a moderate to high endemicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The risk for
chronic HBV infection is highest among those infected during infancy. Since 1997, hepatitis …

Abstract Purpose Occult Hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is of great significance to the
transmission of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the evolution of the patient's clinical outcome …

Background: Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is defined as undetectable serum
hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with detectable HBV-DNA in the serum or liver. Patients …