Article
Persistence of acute infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A and treatment in Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2005
Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Kobayashi Mariko, Ikeda Kenji, Suzuki Fumitaka, Arfase Yasuji, Akuta Norio, Hosaka Tetsuya, Saitoh Satoshi, Kobayashi Masahiro, Someya Takashi, Matsuda Marie, Sato Junko, Watabiki Sachiyo, Miyakawa Yuzo, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
Among the 97 adult patients with acute hepatitis B who were admitted to the Toranomon Hospital in Metropolitan Tokyo during 28 years from 1976 to 2003, 31 (32%) were infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A, nine (9%) with genotype B, 44 (45%) with genotype C, one (1%) each with genotypes E and F. HBV in the remaining 11 (11%) patients were untypeable. All the 31 patients with acute hepatitis B caused by...
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