Significance of hepatitis B core antibody as the only marker of hepatitis B infection;Significado de la reactividad aislada anti-HBc como único marcador de infección de la hepatitis B

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Colomina Rodríguez, Javier ^a   González García, David ^a   Burgos Teruel, Antonio ^a   Fernández Lorenz, Natalia ^a   Guerrero Espejo, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti HBc alone; Core; HBV DNA; HCV; Hepatitis B; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 16844384951     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13071611     Document Type: Article

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