Objective: To determine markers of HBV infection and detect the presence of its occult infection in serum of a cohort of adult Nigerians.
Methodology: The study involved 28 adult Nigerians with viral hepatitis (Group 1) and 28 apparently healthy adult Nigerians as controls (Group 2). Their sera were assayed for HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBe, anti-HBc, anti-HBs, and anti-HCV, while HBV DNA was determined in 15 patients with chronic hepatitis.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
August 2002
Objective: To assess the potential of measuring the calcium-binding protein calprotectin in faeces as a method of screening for alimentary inflammation and neoplasia.
Setting: Hospital day services unit for endoscopy and faecal analysis in the clinical biochemistry department.
Participants: Consented patients attending for routine endoscopy were requested to provide faeces.