## Abstract Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the presence of HBV DNA while the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) remains undetectable. The HBV genomes in five asymptomatic blood donors with occult HBV infection and low viremia (<10 to 1,000 HBV DNA copies/mL, genotype D) were
Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Thai blood donors
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- Book ID
- 109146314
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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## Abstract Occult HBV infection is a wellβrecognised clinical entity characterised by the detection of HBVβDNA in serum and/or in liver in the absence of detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Occult HBV infection has been described not only in patients who have resolved an acute or chron