Paired, quantitative measurements of hepatitis B virus DNA in saliva, urine and serum of chronic hepatitis B patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1173-1179

  Van Der Eijk, Annemiek A ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^a   Hansen, Bettina E ^a   Pas, Suzan D ^a   Richardus, Jan H ^b   Mostert, Marijke ^b   Janssen, Harry L A ^a   Schalm, Solko W ^a   De Man, Robert A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fluids; Epidemiology; HBeAg; Horizontal transmission; Infectivity

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SALIVA; VIREMIA;

EID: 27344439523     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200511000-00004     Document Type: Article

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