Transplantations

Healed HBV May Be Risk Factor for Reinfection

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 23rd, 1998

Patients presenting with healed hepatitis B virus infection before transplantations may be at risk for hepatitis B reactivation, according to a report from Belgium.

Patients who have been exposed to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and who were able to clear the hepatitis B surface antigen from the serum and to develop anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) antibodies have not previously been considered at risk for HBV reactivation after solid organ transplantation.

In this report, researcher C. Blanpain et al. observed three solid organ transplant recipients who demonstrated clinically significant HBV reactivation after transplantation.

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