Article
[Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes and the occurrence of precore mutation A-1896 and to correlate them with the clinical presentation of chronic hepatitis, in a population group of the Eastern Amazon region].
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2004
Conde Simone Regina Souza da Silva, Móia Lizomar de Jesus Pereira, Barbosa Maria Silvia Brito, Amaral Ivanete do Socorro Abarcado, Miranda Esther Castello Branco de Mello, Soares Manoel do Carmo Pereira, Brito Elizabete Maria de Figueiredo, Souza Olglaíze do Socorro Costa, de Araújo Marialva Tereza, Demachki Sâmia, Rebello João Renato Pinho, Mesquita Michele Gomes Soares, Denis Alberto Bertollini, Ishak Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection presents itself with a variety of clinical manifestations. The present work aims to describe the prevalence of HBV genotypes and the occurrence of precore mutation A-1896 in a population group of the Eastern Amazon region of Brazil and to correlate them with the clinical presentation of chronic HBV infection. 51 HBsAg carriers (HBV-DNA positive) were selected and divided into...
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