Occult hepatitis B in mexican patients with HIV, an analysis using nested polymerase chain reaction

Occult hepatitis B in mexican patients with HIV, an analysis using nested polymerase chain reaction

Hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) with undetectable levels of HBsAg, has been named occult HBV infection and observed in immunosuppressed patients. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of occult HBV infection in patients with HIV from the West of México, using a combination of serolo...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Torres-Baranda, Blanca E. Bastidas-Ramírez, Montserrat Maldonado-González, Laura V. Sánchez-Orozco, Eduardo Vázquez-Vals, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Arturo Panduro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Immunosilent HBV infection
co-infection HBV-HIV
lack of HBsAg detection
serologic markers
HBV DNA
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811932037X

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