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Hepatitis delta in patients with resolved hepatitis B virus infection
(European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2018-09)
Background The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. As HDV replication requires hepatitis B virus (HBV), HDV screening is limited to HBsAg+ carriers. To date, individuals ...
Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis delta in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Spain
(European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2018-09)
Background Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective agent that only replicates in the presence of the hepatitis B virus. Accordingly, HDV acquisition may occur as superinfection of HBsAg+ carriers or following acute dual ...
Should HIV Patients be concerned about Occult Hepatitis B?
(AIDS Reviews, 2018-10)
In HIV disease, infection is universally followed by chronification, and therefore, recognition of anti-HIV antibodies always reflects HIV persistence.
HIV co-infection in HTLV-1 carriers in Spain
(Virus Research, 2019-06)
Background: Human retroviruses HIV and HTLV share transmission routes. HIV widely spread in Spain during the 80 s through injection drug use and sex, and nowadays HIV rates in Spain account for one of the largest in Europe. ...
Occult hepatitis B and HIV infection
(European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2019-11)
Introduction Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, so-called occult B infection (OBI), is defined by the recognition of HBV-DNA in the absence of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The HBV-DNA genome in OBI is ...