Prevalence of occult hepatitis b virus infection in a cohort of HIV-positive patients resident in Sicily, Italy

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tramuto, Fabio ^a   Maida, Carmelo Massimo ^a   Colomba, Giuseppina M E ^a   Di Carlo, Paola ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SICILY;

EID: 84884245317     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/859583     Document Type: Article

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