Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a
cornerstone of efforts to support progress towards elimination of viral hepatitis. Current …

Methods The Ovid-Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane, and KoreaMed databases were searched
to identify studies that compared the performance of TE and liver biopsy (reference …

Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem, resulting in an
estimated 887000 deaths worldwide in 2015. 1 Unlike deaths from other infections such as …

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a blood-borne virus that establishes chronic liver
infection, associated with potential complications of cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular …

Hepatitis B is a major global health problem with high morbidity and mortality. Approximately
296 million people are living with chronic HBV, and 1.5 million new infections are detected …

Background and aim Controversy remains as to pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFNα) antiviral
therapy to renal function in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. The aim of this study was to …

Background An enhanced understanding of renal outcomes in persons with chronic HBV,
HIV, and HBV/HIV coinfection is needed to mitigate chronic kidney disease in regions where …

Background & Aims: The dynamics of HBV viral load (VL) in patients with chronic hepatitis B
(CHB) on nucleos/tide analogue (NA) treatment and its relationship with liver disease are …

Abstract Purpose The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Informatics
Collaborative (HIC) was established to enable re-use of routinely collected clinical data …

Aim To analyse the impact of the length of antiviral therapy with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
(TDF) on the renal function in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Methods A cross …