Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus. A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of ...

At least one-third of the world's population has been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 400 million people are chronic carriers. In most populations, chronic HBV infection is the ...

A Seattle biotech company is working on a tweak to gene expression that could shut down hepatitis B (HBV), one of the viruses ...

While sex between men is the second most commonly reported route of acute hepatitis B virus infection in Europe, only three ...

The hepatitis E virus affects the liver. But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccinations at birth help protect infants from HBV infection, making it generally safe for a person with a hepatitis B infection to breastfeed. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

Chronic viral hepatitis is the long-term inflammation of the liver. It is caused by hepatitis B, C or D virus particles. Even ...

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a common cause of viral hepatitis with significant health complications including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Assays for hepatitis B surface ...

Infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus has also been implicated. Other known precipitating factors include immunization against influenza, tetanus and hepatitis B.

In the UK, between 5 and 10% of people with HIV have the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B can be passed on through contact with body fluids (i.e. blood, semen and vaginal fluid). People living with HIV ...

Additionally, the hepatitis D virus (HDV), an enveloped RNA satellite virus that uses HBV surface proteins in HBV/HDV co-infection, enhances the severity of liver disease. NTCP (SLC10A1), involved in ...