Virological Characteristics of Acute Hepatitis B in Eastern India: Critical Differences with Chronic Infection.

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) manifests high genetic variability and is classifiable into ten genotypes (A-J). HBV infection can lead to variable clinical outcomes, ranging from self-limiting acute hepatitis to active chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The present study characteriz...

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Main Authors: Neelakshi Sarkar, Ananya Pal, Dipanwita Das, Debraj Saha, Avik Biswas, Bhaswati Bandopadhayay, Mandira Chakraborti, Mrinmoy Ghosh, Runu Chakravarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4646492?pdf=render