The following is a summary of “Chronic hepatitis B virus infection increases the risk of kidney disease while antiviral ...

When Wendy Lo was pregnant with her first child, she lost sleep over whether she would transmit her chronic Hepatitis B infection to him. Her doctor reassured her that if they vaccinated him within 24 ...

Hepatitis A is an infection of the liver caused by a virus. Spread through the fecal-oral route, AHS said people primarily contract hepatitis A through direct contact with an infected person but ...

“Testing is important as there are now treatments available to prevent long-term complications of hepatitis B, and precautions can be taken to prevent the spread of infection to others.

Hepatitis B is detected by a blood test which can show if a person has current infection or has had hepatitis B in the past and is no longer infectious. The best protection from hepatitis B is ...

Atomic force microscopy images show hepatitis B DNA in its natural state (left) and a zoomed-in look at how it wraps around human histones during an infection (right). The research team determined ...