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Reactivation of an occult hepatitis B virus escape mutant in an anti-HBs positive, anti-HBc negative lymphoma patient.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2007
Awerkiew Sabine, Däumer Martin, Reiser Marcel, Wend Ulrike C, Pfister Herbert, Kaiser Rolf, Willems Wulf R, Gerlich Wolfram H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) often persists after resolution, but its replication is suppressed by antiviral T cells. Immunosuppressive treatment may lead to viral reactivation and severe hepatitis. Early antiviral therapy prevents reactivation but some occult HBV infections are not easily detectable. RESULTS: Here we describe a patient with a progressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma who had probably not been...
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