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Occult Hepatitis B Virus infection in a cohort of patients with chronic Hepatitis C MI Naga MA Amin DA Algendy AI El Badry MM Fawzi AR Foda SM Esmat SM Gabal D Sabry M Kamal LA Rashed<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: The prevalence of occult hepatitis B, defi ned by absence of HBsAg and HBV DNA, ranges widely in patients with hepatitis C. This may infl uence the treatment of hepatitis C and the severity of liver disease</p><p><strong>Aim of work and methods</strong>: Was to determine the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection and liver of HBsAg negative patients with chronic hepatitis C and to evaluate its clinical consequences on liver pathology and its impact on the response to treatment with peg-IFNa and Ribavirin. Immunohistochemistry staining for hepatitis B surface antigen and HBV DNA detection was assessed retrospectively on liver biopsies of HCV positive/ HBsAg negative patients before treatment.</p> Archives of Hepatitis Research - Peertechz Publications 2019-07-26 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/ahr.000022 en Copyright © MI Naga et al.