The Oral Parasitic Microbiome in Hepatitis B Virus Infected Sudanese Patients with Gum Disease.

Background: We aimed to evaluate a potential link between colonization of gingival crevices by the as oral parasite microbiome and Hepatitis B infection among gum disease Sudanese patients.

Methods: This study was conducted on 448 gum disease patients attending to Dental Clinic of Kosti Teaching Hospital, Kosti, Sudan in 2017-2018. Oral symptoms were registered in 336 patients at different stages of the HBV infection and in 112 HBV seronegative gum disease control.