Occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with isolated core antibody and HIV co-infection in an urban clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of HIV/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in South Africa ranges from 4.8% to17% using the standard marker surface antigen (hepatitis B surface antigen, HBsAg) for chronic active HBV infection. However, sensitive molecular techniques for detecting HBV DNA in serum can de...

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Autores principales: Firnhaber, Cynthia, Viana, Raquel, Reyneke, Anne, Schultze, Doreen, Malope, Babatyi, Maskew, Mhairi, Di Bisceglie, Adrian, MacPhail, Patrick, Sanne, Ian, Kew, Michael
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016468/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19081280
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.018
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