High Rates of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Positive Individuals Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Botswana

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)–negative but hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive infection—known as occult hepatitis B infection (OBI)—occurs in 1% to >15% of HIV-positive individuals in the United States and South Africa, respectively. However, there are no data on OBI from Bots...

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Pubblicato in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Autori principali: Ryan, Kathleen, Anderson, Motswedi, Gyurova, Ivayla, Ambroggio, Lilliam, Moyo, Sikhulile, Sebunya, Teresa, Makhema, Joseph, Marlink, Richard, Essex, Max, Musonda, Rosemary, Gaseitsiwe, Simani, Blackard, Jason T
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641381/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29062862
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx195
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