• Occult hepatitis B and HIV infection 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Aguilera, Antonio; González, Rocío; Gómez-Gallego, Felix ; Barea, Luisa; Treviño, Mercedes; Corral, Octavio Jorge (European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 11/2019)
      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 ...
    • Overt and occult hepatitis B among immigrants and native blood donors in Madrid, Spain 

      González, Rocío; Barea, Luisa; Arruga, Ana; Richart, Alberto; Soriano, Vicente (Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 12/2020)
      Background: The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections is very low in developed countries. Recent massive migration flows from highly hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or HIV endemic regions ...
    • Susceptibility to hepatitis B virus infection in adults living in Spain 

      Soriano, Vicente; Aguilera, Antonio; Benito, Rafael; Gonzalez-Diez, Rocio; Miro, Elisenda; Liendo, Paloma; Rodriguez-Diaz, Juan Carlos; Cabezas, Teresa; Richart, Alberto; Ramos, José Manuel; Barea, Luisa; Alvarez, Carmen; Treviño, Ana; Gómez-Gallego, Felix; Corral, Octavio Jorge; de Mendoza, Carmen (Liver International, 2023)
      BackgroundA protective hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine has been available for four decades. Universal HBV vaccination of infants is recommended by the WHO since the 1990s. Furthermore, HBV immunization is advised for all ...