Frequency and significance of hepatitis B virus surface gene variant circulating among 'antiHBc only' individuals in Eastern India

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Banerjee, Arup ^a   Chandra, Partha K ^a   Datta, Sibnarayan ^a   Biswas, Avik ^a   Bhattacharya, Prasun ^b   Chakraborty, Subhasis ^b   Chakrabarti, Sekhar ^a,c   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^a,c   Chakravarty, Runu ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

AntiHBc only in general population; Occult HBV infection; Surface gene variant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 36348946843     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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