Occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV positive patients in nigeria

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Opaleye, Oluyinka Oladele ^a   Oluremi, Adeolu Sunday ^a   Atiba, Adetona Babatunde ^a   Adewumi, Moses Olubusuyi ^b   Mabayoje, Olatunji Victor ^a   Donbraye, Emmanuel ^c   Ojurongbe, Olusola ^a   Olowe, O Adekunle ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS RAPID TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84901261369     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/796121     Document Type: Article

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