In October 2018 a large number of international experts with complementary expertise came
together in Taormina to participate in a workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) …

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) refers to a condition in which replication-
competent viral DNA is present in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the …

Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest
rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection …

The long-lasting persistence of HBV genomes in the liver (and in some cases also in the
serum) of HBsAg negative subjects is termed occult HBV infection (OBI). This peculiar …

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI), alternatively defined as occult hepatitis B
(OHB), is a challenging clinical entity. It is recognized by two main characteristics: absence …

Background Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is identified in 1: 1000 to 1: 50,000
E uropean blood donations. This study intended to determine the infectivity of blood …

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) refers to the presence of HBV DNA in the
absence of detectable hepatitis B surface antigen. Since OBI was first described in the late …

Over the past decades, the risk of HBV transfusion–transmission has been steadily reduced
through the recruitment of volunteer donors, the selection of donors based on risk-behavior …

Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI), characterized as the persistence of hepatitis B virus
(HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) seronegativity and low viral load in blood or liver, is a …

Objective To investigate the molecular basis of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI)
in Asian blood donors. Design OBI donors from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan …