Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in kidney transplant recipients

AUTOR(ES)

Franz, Cibele, Perez, Renata de Mello, Zalis, Mariano Gustavo, Zalona, Ana Carolina Jonard, Rocha, Pedro Túlio Monteiro de Castro e Abreu, Gonçalves, Renato Torres, Nabuco, Letícia Cancella, Villela-Nogueira, Cristiane Alves

FONTE

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2013-08

RESUMO

In this cross-sectional study, 207 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative kidney transplant recipients were evaluated based on demographic and epidemiological data and on the levels of serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus infection and liver enzymes. Patients with HBV or human immunodeficiency virus infection were excluded. Sera were analysed for the presence of HBV-DNA. HBV-DNA was detected in two patients (1%), indicating occult hepatitis B (OHB) infection (the HBV-DNA loads were 3.1 and 3.5 IU/mL in these patients). The results of the liver function tests were normal and no serological markers indicative of HBV infection were detected. The prevalence of OHB infection was low among kidney transplant recipients, most likely due to the low HBsAg endemicity in the general population of the study area.

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