HBV viral load within subpopulations of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HBV infection using limiting dilution PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-147

  Trippler, Martin ^a,b   Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Karl Herrmann ^b   Gerken, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Infection rate; Limiting dilution polymerase chain reaction; Peripheral blood mononuclear cell subpopulations; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0033017481     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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