Capabilities of hepatitis B surface antigen are divergent from hepatitis B virus DNA in delimiting natural history phases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection

ObjectiveQuantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the natural history of chronic HBV infection have not been rationally evaluated. This study aimed to re-characterize quantitative HBsAg and HBV DNA in the natural history phases.MethodsA total of 595 and 651...

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Main Authors: Zhanqing Zhang, Wei Lu, Dan Huang, Xinlan Zhou, Rongrong Ding, Xiufen Li, Yanbing Wang, Weijia Lin, Dong Zeng, Yanling Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.944097/full