Open AccessOccult Hepatitis B Infection in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Starting Maintenance Hemodialysis at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Sabin Shrestha,
Pratap Sagar Tiwari,
Bickram Pradhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.5723
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , end stage renal disease , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , population , occult , hepatitis c , dialysis , hepatitis , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology , virus , alternative medicine , environmental health
Occult hepatitis B infection is defined as the presence of the hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid in liver tissues and/or serum in the absence of serum hepatitis B Virus surface antigen. The prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection in end-stage renal disease patients is largely unknown. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection in the hemodialysis population starting maintenance hemodialysis.