Transmission of hepatitis B by human bite - Confirmation by detection of virus in saliva and full genome sequencing

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-256

  Hui, Alex Y ^a   Hung, Lawrence C T ^a   Tse, Pete C H ^a   Leung, Wai Keung ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Chan, Henry L Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

HBV infection; Human bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BITES, HUMAN; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 19344376937     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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