Characterization of occult hepatitis B virus strains in South African blood donors

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1868-1876

  Allain, Jean Pierre ^a,e   Belkhiri, Dalila ^a   Vermeulen, Marion ^b   Crookes, Robert ^b   Cable, Russell ^c   Amiri, Azin ^a   Reddy, Ravi ^b   Bird, Arthur ^c   Candotti, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Western Province Blood Transfusion Service   (South Africa)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e Cambridge Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; OCCULT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STOP CODON; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949103684     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22879     Document Type: Article

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