Hepatitis B virus: Molecular genotypes and HBeAg serological status among HBV-infected patients in the southeast of Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 149-

  Tonetto, Priscila A ^a   Gonçales, Neiva S L ^a   Fais, Viviane C ^a   Vigani, Aline G ^a   Gonçales, Eduardo S L ^a   Feltrin, Adriana ^a   Gonçales Jr, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349974424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-149     Document Type: Article

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