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Occult hepatitis B virus infection before and 1 year after start of HAART in HIV type 1-positive patients.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Nov 2005
Pogány K, Zaaijer H L, Prins J M, Wit F W, Lange J M A, Beld M G H M
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is diagnosed when HBc antibodies and HBV-DNA are detectable in serum while hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is not. The clinical relevance of this phenomenon in HIV-1 patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is unknown. We followed 93 therapy naive HIV-1-infected adults who were anti-HBc positive, HBsAg and HBeAg negative, during first year of...
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