Hepatitis B Virus

New hepatitis B virus study findings recently were reported by Y.B. Tang and co-researchers

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 15th, 2008

According to a study from Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, "High prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in China offers a unique setting to examine HBV's influence on the presentation of dengue fever. In 398 patients admitted for suspected dengue fever, 89% (353/398) were positive for dengue IgM antibodies."

"Among dengue-infected patients, 8% (29/353) had chronic HBV co-infection. Only dengue virus serotype I was identified by virus isolation and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays. No case of dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome was diagnosed. In addition to routine clinical tests, interleukin 2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-6, IL-10,...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-09-15)

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