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Acute hepatitis B virus infection by genotype F despite successful vaccination in an immune-competent German patient.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2007
Tacke Frank, Amini-Bavil-Olyaee Samad, Heim Albert, Luedde Tom, Manns Michael P, Trautwein Christian
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis worldwide, and efficient protection can usually be achieved by vaccination that is based on recombinant HBsAg protein from HBV genotype A and D. RESULTS: Here we report the case of a fully immune-competent German patient that acquired a symptomatic acute HBV infection during adulthood despite a complete and...
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