Clearance of HBV DNA in immunized children born to HBsAg-positive mothers, years after being diagnosed with occult HBV infection

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 282-285

  Sadeghi, A ^a   Yahyapour, Y ^b   Poortahmasebi, V ^a   Shahmoradi, S ^a   Roggendorf, M ^c   Karimzadeh, H ^c   Alavian, S M ^d   Jazayeri, S M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Robert Koch Haus Virchowstr   (Germany)

^d Middle East Liver Diseases Center (MELD Centers)   (Iran)

Author keywords

hepatitis B immune globulin; occult hepatitis B infection; vaccine escape mutations

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS LOAD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84960096766     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12490     Document Type: Article

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