隐匿性乙型肝炎病毒感染研究进展

隐匿性HBV感染（OBI）已成为世界性公共卫生问题之一，严重影响乙型肝炎的临床诊断并威胁到输血安全。本文分析近年来关于OBI的概念、致病机制、在健康人群和不同患者中的流行率以及传播可能性方面的研究数据，结果显示OBI在健康人群及不同患者中均存在一定的流行率，并可能通过输血等途径传播，应引起重视。

Progress in research of occult hepatitis B virus infection

Occult hepatitis B virus infection is a worldwide public health problem, which seriously affects the clinical diagnosis of hepatitis B and threatens the safety of blood transfusion. The concept of occult hepatitis B virus infection, the pathogenesis of occult hepatitis B virus infection, the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in different groups, including healthy population and different patients, and the possibility of transmission were summarized. The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection was found in healthy population and different patients, and there is possibility of occult hepatitis B virus infection to be transmitted through blood transfusion. The paper provides a comprehensive introduction of the pathogenesis and prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection. More attention should be paid to occult hepatitis B virus infection.