Hepatitis B virus transmission in Brazilian hemodialysis units: Serological and molecular follow-up

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-49

  Teles, Sheila A ^a   Martins, Regina M B ^a   Gomes, Selma A ^b   Gaspar, Ana M C ^b   Araujo, Natália M ^b   Souza, Karla P ^a   Carneiro, Megmar A S ^a   Yoshida, Clara F T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Genotypes; HBV; Subtypes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VIROLOGY;

BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036021299     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10168     Document Type: Article

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