Assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are the most frequently ... testing and also to ascertain likely cause of weakly positive (grayzone) results. Results During the 17 month study ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...

Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids.

We similarly followed 16 children of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers. Results: Of low risk infants receiving a plasma-derived vaccine, 41% (42 of 102) of those whose primary ...

Exclusion of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive donors would greatly limit the use of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) in areas of the world where there is a high ...

Hepatitis E vaccine HEV 239 significantly reduces the risk of symptomatic hepatitis E among individuals with chronic ...