Simultaneous presence of HBsAg and anti-HBs: Does this finding play an important role in acute hepatitis B ?

Does dual infection by hepatitis B and C

Does dual infection by hepatitis B and C viruses play an important role in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan?

✍ Yasushi Shiratori; Shuichiro Shiina; Pei Yi Zhang; Etsu Ohno; Takehito Okudaira; 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 94 KB 👁 3 views

## Background: There are contradictory data concerning the synergistic effect of hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection on the progression from chronic hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). ## Methods: To clarify the role of coinfection with hbv and hcv in the progre