Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
"Hepatitis B Surface Antigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those hepatitis B antigens found on the surface of the Dane particle and on the 20 nm spherical and tubular particles. Several subspecificities of the surface antigen are known. These were formerly called the Australia antigen.
| Descriptor ID |
D006514
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.327.495.500.475
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hepatitis B Surface Antigens" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hepatitis B Surface Antigens" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis B Surface Antigens" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence and factors associated with Hepatitis B infection in the general population: a cross-sectional study in Moshi municipality, North-Eastern Tanzania. Afr Health Sci. 2025 Jun; 25(2):30-37.
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Transplanting hepatitis B surface antigen-positive livers in the United States: Outcomes and opportunities. Am J Transplant. 2023 08; 23(8):1221-1226.
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Comparison between a rapid diagnostic test and dried blood spot-based immunoassay for hepatitis B surface antigen testing: Performance and cost implications in a population-based serosurvey in Vietnam. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Dec; 125:51-57.
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Hepatitis B virus core-related antigen (HBcrAg) as a prognostic marker for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma: A mini systematic review of the literature. Rev Med Virol. 2022 11; 32(6):e2353.
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Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2020 Oct-Dec; 11(4):6-9.
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Patients With Solid Tumors Before Initiating Chemotherapy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 06; 18(7):1600-1608.e4.
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HBsAg-redirected T cells exhibit antiviral activity in HBV-infected human liver chimeric mice. Cytotherapy. 2018 05; 20(5):697-705.
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Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B: Providing the First Vaccine Dose Within 24 Hours of Birth. Pediatrics. 2017 Sep; 140(3).
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Impact of "a" determinant mutations on detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in HBV strains from Chinese patients with occult hepatitis B. J Med Virol. 2017 10; 89(10):1796-1803.
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Indications for antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B in pregnant mothers. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Nov 15; 2016.