The underlying mechanisms for the "simultaneous HBsAg and anti-HBs serological profile"

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1325-1340

  Ponde R A A ^a,b,c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Central Goiana de Sorologia Imuno hematologia e Biologia Molecular   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; RITUXIMAB; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VITRONECTIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; S GENE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

COINFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 80054727249     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1240-z     Document Type: Review

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