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The clinical significance of occult HBV infection
The presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative individuals is defined as occult HBV infection (OBI). OBI is related in some cases to infection with variant viruses (S-escape mutants) undetectable by HBsAg commercial kits. More frequently, however, it is due to infection with wild-type viruses that are strongly suppressed in their replication activity. OBI ma...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal Infectology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2499-9865,2072-6732
DOI: 10.22625/2072-6732-2017-9-1-107-109