A patient in whom only hepatitis B virus (HBV) was thought to have been contracted, by kissing, from a same-sex partner coinfected with HBV and human immunodeficiency virus-1

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-264

  Kubo, Norihiko ^a   Furusyo, Norihiro ^b   Sawayama, Yasunori ^b   Otaguro, Shigeru ^b   Nabeshima, Shigeki ^b   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^c   Mizokami, Masashi ^c   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^d   Hayashi, Jun ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep kiss; Hepatitis B virus; Homosexual man; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0142026523     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0247-5     Document Type: Article

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