Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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zahra tajik department of microbiology, faculty of basic sciences, qom branch, islamic azad university, qom, ir iran
hossein keyvani department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
farah bokharaei-salim department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; hiv laboratory of national center, deputy of health, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel/fax: +98-2188602205
mohammad reza zolfaghari department of microbiology, faculty of basic sciences, qom branch, islamic azad university, qom, ir iran
shahin fakhim department of civil engineering, faculty of engineering, payame noor university, karaj, ir iran
maryam keshvari blood transfusion research center, high institute for research and education in transfusion medicine, tehran, ir iran
conclusions this study showed that cccdna can be detected in the plasma specimen of 17.9% of iranian treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis b infection. therefore, designing prospective studies focusing on the detection of cccdna in these patients would provide more information. results the mean (sd) age of the patients was 41.1 ± 12.4 years (range, 20 - 62 years). from a total of 106 ...