Occult hepatitis B virus infection in immunocompromised patients

Occult hepatitis B infection is characterized by hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the serum in the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). We assessed occult HBV infection prevalence in two groups of immunocompromised patients (maintenance hemodialysis patients and HIV-positive patients) prese...

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Main Authors: Ruth Nogueira Cordeiro Moraes Jardim, Neiva Sellan Lopes Gonçales, Josiane Silveira Felix Pereira, Viviane Cristina Fais, Fernando Lopes Gonçales Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000400008&lng=en&tlng=en