Assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are the most frequently used tests to detect HBV infection. Vaccination for HBV can produce transiently detectable levels of HBsAg in patients.

PATIENTS at hospitals across south Essex are now being automatically screened for HIV and hepatitis when they have a blood ...

Hepatitis B can lead to liver disease. But we can prevent and manage this viral infection. Here’s what we know about the ...

At PCH and Hinchingbrooke, patients aged 18 and over who attend the emergency department will have a blood test as part of ...

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Renuka Chandan, 71, says she would never have known she was living with Hepatitis B if it wasn't for an opt-out testing ...

ADULT patients coming in for Emergency Department treatment needing blood tests are now automatically being screened for ...

Effective vaccination has been available since 1981, but antiviral therapy does not yet definitively cure hepatitis B. Existing tests used to assess a person's risk of transmitting hepatitis B ...

patients aged 18 and over will be tested for these blood borne viruses (BBV) Patients at emergency departments at Cambridgeshire hospitals will be screened for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C ...

Patients aged 16 and over who receive blood tests while at Royal Berkshire Hospital's (RBH) emergency department will also be checked for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The hospital in Reading ...