Evidence of acute primary occult hepatitis B virus infection in an Italian repeat blood donor

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-764

  Manzini, Paola ^a   Abate, Maria Lorena ^b   Valpreda, Chiara ^b   Milanesi, Paola ^b   Curti, Franco ^b   Rizzetto, Mario ^b   Smedile, Antonina ^b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 62949221160     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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