Coexistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and heterologous subtype-specific antibodies to HBsAg among patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1161-1169

  Zhang, Ji Ming ^a,b,d   Xu, Yang ^c,d   Wang, Xin Yu ^a   Yin, You Kuan ^a   Wu, Xiang Hui ^a   Weng, Xin Hua ^a   Lu, Mengji ^c,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 34247281578     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513200     Document Type: Article

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