Virological characteristics of acute hepatitis B in eastern India: Critical differences with chronic infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Sarkar, Neelakshi ^a   Pal, Ananya ^a   Das, Dipanwita ^a   Saha, Debraj ^a   Biswas, Avik ^a   Bandopadhayay, Bhaswati ^b   Chakraborti, Mandira ^b   Ghosh, Mrinmoy ^c   Chakravarty, Runu ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS B; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956930243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141741     Document Type: Article

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