Multiple cytokine expression profiles reveal immune-based differences in occult hepatitis B genotype H-infected Mexican Nahua patients Nora Alma Fierro; Sonia Roman; Mauricio Realpe; Zamira Hernandez-Nazara; Eloy Alfonso Zepeda-Carrillo; Arturo Panduro PAGE: 1007-1013 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800018

Hepatitis B virus infection profile in hemodialysis patients in Central Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and genotypes Renata C Ferreira; Sheila A Teles; Márcia A Dias; Viviane R Tavares; Simonne A Silva; Selma A Gomes; Clara FT Yoshida; Regina MB Martins PAGE: 689-692 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600019

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus markers among blood donors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-2005 Ana FB Andrade; Michelle Oliveira-Silva; Suely GC Silva; Iara JF Motta; Cibele R Bonvicino PAGE: 673-676 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600016

Patterns of hepatitis B virus infection in Brazilian human immunodeficiency virus infected patients: high prevalence of occult infection and low frequency of lamivudine resistant mutations Michel VF Sucupira; Francisco CA Mello; Eneida A Santos; Christian Niel; Valeria C Rolla; Juçara Arabe; Selma A Gomes PAGE: 655-660 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600013

Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV co-infection in selected individuals from state of São Paulo, Brazil Alexandre Martins Portelinha Filho; Charles Ulloffo do Nascimento; Talita Nicastro Tannouri; Charlene Troiani; Eloah Lopes Ascêncio; Renata Bonfim; Lourdes Aparecida Zampieri D'Andrea; Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro PAGE: 960-963 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700003

Full-length genomic sequence of hepatitis B virus genotype C2 isolated from a native Brazilian patient Mónica Viviana Alvarado-Mora; Rúbia Anita Ferraz Santana; Roberta Sitnik; Paulo Roberto Abrão Ferreira; Cristovão Luís Pitangueira Mangueira; Flair José Carrilho; João Renato Rebello Pinho PAGE: 495-498 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000400017

Occult hepatitis B virus infection among injecting drug users in the Central-West Region of Brazil Márcia Alves Dias de Matos, Renata Carneiro Ferreira, Fabiana Perez Rodrigues, Tamíris Augusto Marinho, Carmen Luci Rodrigues Lopes, Antônia Carlos Magalhães Novais, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Sheila Araújo Teles, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Regina Maria Bringel Martins PAGE: 383-385 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108032013019

Epidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in Luanda, Angola Fatima Valente; Barbara Vieira do Lago; Carlos Augusto Velasco de Castro; Adilson José de Almeida; Selma A Gomes; Caroline Cordeiro Soares PAGE: 970-977 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800004

Prevalence of hepatitis-B surface antigen among blood donors and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Jos, Nigeria CJ Uneke, O Ogbu, PU Inyama, GI Anyanwu, MO Njoku, JH Idoko PAGE: 13-16

Hepatitis B and C in the Hemodialysis Unit of Tocantins, Brazil: Serological and Molecular Profiles Karla P Souza, Jônio A Luz, Sheila A Teles, Megmar AS Carneiro, Luciana A Oliveira, Adriane S Gomes, Márcia A Dias, Selma A Gomes, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 599-603

Relation between Hepatitis B Carrier Status and Antibody against Synthetic Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Surface (pf155 - RESA) Antigen Francisco José Dutra Souto, Cor Jésus Fernandes Fontes, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar* PAGE: 197-198

Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Antigens in Paraffin-embedded Liver Specimens from the Amazon Region, Brazil SRR Simonetti, HG Schatzmayr, OM Barth, JP Simonetti PAGE: 105-107

Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Virus Markers among Malaria-exposed Gold Miners in Brazilian Amazon Francisco José Dutra Souto, Cor Jésus Fernandes Fontes, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar* PAGE: 751-755

Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Alcoholics Luiz Carlos Marques de Oliveira, Rômulo Gustavo Pereira, Ureliano Cintra Reis PAGE: 21-23

Prognosis of Schistosomiasis Mansoni Patients Infected with Hepatitis B Virus Maria José Conceição/, Carlos Alberto Argento, Vera Lucia A Chagas*, Christina M Takiya*, Débora C Moura/, Sonia CF Silva/ PAGE: 255-258

Comparison of Two Enzyme Immunoassays for the Detection of Antibody to Hepatitis B Virus Core Antigen FJD Souto , CJF Fontes,JM Oliveira, AMC Gaspar,LGC Lyra PAGE: 89-90

Efficacy of entecavir and tenofovir in chronic hepatitis B under treatment in the public health system in southern Brazil Camila V Pereira, Cristiane Valle Tovo, Thiago K Grossmann, Henrique Mirenda, Bruna B Dal-Pupo, Paulo RL de Almeida, Angelo A de Mattos PAGE: 252-257 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150390

Poor sensitivity of rapid tests for the detection of antibodies to the hepatitis B virus: implications for field studies Helena Medina Cruz, Leticia de Paula Scalioni, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Juliana Custódio Miguel, Kycia Maria Rodrigues do Ó, Flavio Augusto Pádua Milagres, Marcelo Santos Cruz, Francisco Inácio Bastos, Priscila Pollo Flores, Erotildes Leal, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Elisabeth Lampe, Livia Melo Villar PAGE: 209-213 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160394

Basal core promoter and precore mutations among hepatitis B virus circulating in Brazil and its association with severe forms of hepatic diseases Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá, Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Márcia Guimarães Villanova, Fernanda Fernandes Souza, Andreza Correa Teixeira, Afonso Dinis da Costa Passos, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli PAGE: 626-631 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160540