Low prevalence of occult HBV infection among HIV-infected patients in southern Spain

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 312-314

  Di Lello, Federico A ^a   MacÍas, Juan ^a   Cifuentes, Celia C ^a   Vargas, Julio ^a   Palomares, José C ^a   Pineda, Juan A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anti HBc; HBsAg; HCV

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862858271     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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