A Mumbai-based doctor has reported that a young woman contracted hepatitis B after a threading procedure at a salon, ...

Functional cure, defined as durable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA titers below the ...

and the risks involved in use of the drug in pregnant women clearly outweigh potential benefits. Interferon Abbreviations: FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; HBV, hepatitis B virus.

More information: Jeanne Perpétue Vincent et al, Hepatitis B core-related antigen rapid diagnostic test for point-of-care identification of women at high risk of hepatitis B vertical transmission ...

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...

Cervical cancer was once the most common cancer in females but liver cancer is catching up and could soon be the second most ...

Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, ...