Detection of different viral strains of hepatitis B virus in chronically infected children after seroconversion from HBsAG to anti-HBs indicating viral persistence

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 973-978

  Bahn, Andrew ^a   Gerner, Patrick ^a   Martiné, Ursula ^a   Bortolotti, Flavia ^b   Wirth, Stefan ^a  

^a Children's Hosp Johannes G   (Germany)

^b Istituto di Medicina Clinica Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBsAg negative; Hepatitis B; Infant; S gene

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0030729887     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80139-0     Document Type: Article

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