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Symptomatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation despite reduced viral fitness is associated with HBV test and immune escape mutations in an HIV-coinfected patient.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2008
Henke-Gendo Cornelia, Amini-Bavil-Olyaee Samad, Challapalli Deepthi, Trautwein Christian, Deppe Heidi, Schulz Thomas F, Heim Albert, Tacke Frank
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Two sequential hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains obtained before and during an icteric flare-up of an occult HBV infection in a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus revealed HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) test escape mutations, although the patient had never received hepatitis B-specif...
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