Molecular and Serological Evaluation of Surface Antigen Negative Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Blood Donors from Venezuela

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-207

  Gutiérrez, Cristina ^a   Devesa, Marisol ^a   Loureiro, Carmen Luisa ^a   León, Graciela ^b   Liprandi, Ferdinando ^a   Pujol, Flor Helene ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b Banco Munic Sangre Distrito F   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Core deletions; HBV; Occult infection; Transfusion; Variants

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS D; HEPATITIS B VIRUS F; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENEZUELA; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS TYPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VENEZUELA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 2142647810     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20076     Document Type: Article

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