A case of acute hepatitis B related to previous gynecological surgery in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-529

  Sugimoto, Shinya ^a   Nagakubo, Shuichi ^a   Ito, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsunoda, Yuya ^a   Imamura, Satoshi ^a   Tamura, Toshihide ^a   Morohoshi, Yuichi ^a   Koike, Yuji ^a   Fujita, Yuriko ^a   Ito, Syoko ^a   Fujita, Setsuko ^a   Tachikawa, Natsuo ^a   Komatsu, Hirokazu ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA MUNICIPAL CITIZEN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis B; HBV DNA sequence; HBV genotype; Surgery; Transmission; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SALIVA LEVEL; SURGEON; SWEAT; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84879248293     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0477-5     Document Type: Article

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