Expression patterns of immune checkpoint proteins and Plasmodium falciparum -induced cytokines in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected and uninfected individuals: A cross-sectional study.
Selorm Philip SegbefiaDiana A AsandemAbigail PobeeBright AsareAhu Diana PrahRawdat Baba-AdamJones Amo AmponsahEmmanuel K BaafourWilliam van der PuijeFrank OseiDoreen Teye-AdjeiSeth AgyemangTheophilus BrenkoLutterodt Bentum-EnninJohn K A TettehKofi J H BonneySamuel Asamoah SakyiLinda E AmoahKwadwo A KusiPublished in: Health science reports (2024)
These findings support excluding CHB individuals from antiviral therapy at this stage of infection. However, CHB individuals require regular monitoring to determine the need for later antiviral treatment.