Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among hepatopathy patients and healthy people in China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Fang, Yong ^a   Shang, Qing Long ^a   Liu, Jian Yu ^a   Li, Di ^a   Xu, Wei Zhen ^a   Teng, Xu ^a   Zhao, Hong Wei ^b   Fu, Li Juan ^b   Zhang, Feng Min ^a   Gu, Hong Xi ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Occult infection; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 67349264694     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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