Although the liver is the main target for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, HCV RNA of positive and negative polarity has also been detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by polymerase chain reaction. However, no data have been published on the relationship between the number of HCV
Detection of mononuclear cells expressing hepatitis B virus in peripheral blood from HBsAg positive and negative patients by in situ hybridisation
✍ Scribed by Dr. M. Hadchouel; C. Pasquinelli; J. G. Fournier; R. N. Hugon; J. Scotto; O. Bernard; C. Brechot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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✦ Synopsis
In situ hybridisation was used to detect RNA of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in peripheral mononuclear blood cells. Presence of HBV-RNA was detected in 10/17 HBsAg positive HBeAg positive patients, in S/ 18 HBsAg positive HBeAg negative patients, in 1 /3 anti-HBs positive subjects. Four control subjects were negative. The frequency o f labelled cells varied from I to 10% of mononuclear cells. These results indicate that the DNA detected so far in mononuclear blood cells may be transcriptionally active.
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