Occult Hepatitis B Demonstrated by Anti-HBc and HBV DNA in HIV-Positive Patients

Occult Hepatitis B Demonstrated by Anti-HBc and HBV DNA in HIV-Positive Patients

Background: In patients who are hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive, but HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) -negative, the infection is referred to as occult hepatitis B infection (OBI). Occult HBV infection is harmful when other liver diseases are present, and can aggravate liver damage in in patients wi...

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Main Authors: Arezoo Honarmand, Morteza Pourahmad, Kavous Solhjoo, Mahmoud Kohan, Mohamad Hassan Davami, Seyed Kamyar Mostafavi Zadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Varastegan Institute for Medical Sciences 2014-10-01
Series:Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
Hepatitis B
HIV infection
Occult hepatitis
Online Access:http://rbmb.net/article-1-56-en.pdf

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