The evolution of hepatitis B virus serological patterns and the clinical relevance of isolated antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in HIV infected patients
✍ Scribed by Lionel Piroth; Christine Binquet; Marie Vergne; Anne Minello; Claire Livry; Jean-Baptiste Bour; Marielle Buisson; Michel Duong; Michèle Grappin; Henri Portier; Pascal Chavanet
- Book ID
- 118564600
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Of 1,801 Chinese subjects, age 1 to 90 years, screened for hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody (HBsAg, anti-HBs) and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), 214 (1 1.9%) had an isolated, positive anti-HBc result; anti-HBc was reproducibly present in the initial sera in only 66% and per
## Abstract The prevalence of serum HBV DNA in individuals positive for anti‐HBc alone was determined by the polymerase chain reaction in two groups with endemic HBV infection from Canton (group A) and Hainan (group B), provinces of China. Twenty‐one out of 294 individuals in group A (7.2%) and 193