Hepatitis B virus DNA in persons with isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen who subsequently received hepatitis B vaccine

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-897

  Eduarde Silva, A ^a   McMahon, Brian J ^c   Parkinson, Alan J ^d   Sjogren, Maria H ^d   Hoofnagle, Jay H ^d   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VACCINATION;

EID: 17344367723     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513918     Document Type: Article

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