Analysis of carriers of hepatitis B virus from a tertiary referral hospital: Does the viral load change during the natural course of infection?

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1151-1158

  Aakanksha, ^a   Asim, Mohammad ^a   Sharma, P K ^b   Das, B C ^c   Kar, P ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Core and X gene mutants; HBV carriers; Precore; Viral load

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; PROTEIN X; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79955914003     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22074     Document Type: Article

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