Retrospective analysis of acute HBV infections occurred in 1978–79 and 1994–95 in North-East Italy: increasing prevalence of BCP/pre-core mutants in sub-genotype D3

BACKGROUND: At the end of the 1970s, in Italy more than 2% of the general population was HBsAg carrier. In the late ‘70s and late ‘80s, two remarkable events might have impacted on HBV strains transmitted in North-East Italy: (a) the increased HBV incidence due to parenteral drugs between 1978 and 1...

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Bruni, Roberto, Villano, Umbertina, Taffon, Stefania, Equestre, Michele, Madonna, Elisabetta, Chionne, Paola, Candido, Angela, Dettori, Stefano, Pisani, Giulio, Rapicetta, Maria, Bortolotti, Flavia, Ciccaglione, Anna Rita
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6988336/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31992230
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4713-9
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