Publisher Summary An increasing number of treatment failures because of antiviral
resistance have been recognized since the introduction of antiviral agents, such as …

Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is not only critical to the biology of hepatitis B virus
(HBV), it is also the basis of the currently available vaccines, assays to detect it in serum are …

In southern Italy, 44 contacts of hepatitis B virus carriers, including infants of carrier mothers,
became HBsAg positive despite passive and active immunisation according to standard …

Background Vaccination of health-care workers has been claimed to prevent nosocomial
influenza infection of elderly patients in long-term care. Data are, however, limited on this …

Some patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are HB e antigen (HBeAg)
negative, have circulating HBV particles, and often have especially severe chronic hepatitis …

Vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) is recommended as a strategy for preventing
influenza in elderly patients in long-term care. However, there have been no controlled …

A wide variety of commercial assays is available for the detection of hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBsAg). Clearly, the sensitivity of an assay to detect a variant is dependent on the …

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate annual influenza
immunisation for all healthcare workers in contact with vulnerable patients. 1 The health …

The transmission of viral hepatitis from health care workers (HCW) to patients is of
worldwide concern. Since the introduction of serologic testing in the 1970s there have been …

The detection of a fatal case of reactivation of hepatitis B, in a previously vaccinated
Indonesian patient after withdrawal of chemotherapy for lymphoma, was delayed because …