Symptomatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation despite reduced viral fitness is associated with HBV test and immune escape mutations in an HIV-coinfected patient

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1620-1624

  Henke Gendo, Cornelia ^a   Amini Bavil Olyaee, Samad ^b   Challapalli, Deepthi ^a   Trautwein, Christian ^b   Deppe, Heidi ^a   Schulz, Thomas F ^a   Heim, Albert ^a   Tacke, Frank ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 56649119073     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592987     Document Type: Article

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