Isolated core antibody hepatitis B in sub-Saharan African immigrants

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1565-1569

  Gibney, K B ^a   Torresi, J ^a,b   Lemoh, C ^b   Biggs, B A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti HBc alone; Co infection; HBV; HCV; HIV; Occult HBV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 48249100023     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21267     Document Type: Article

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