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High prevalence of HBV genotype D in Syria and the clinical characteristics of hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2010
Antaki N, Haffar S, Ali Deeb S, Assaad F, Abou Harb R, Zeibane N, Nasserelddine M, Ibrahim N, Alhaj N, Jabbour E, Aaraj R, Antaki F, Kebbewar K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype D and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative chronic hepatitis are the most prevalent in Mediterranean countries. No data have ever been published on their prevalence in Syria, a country of intermediate endemicity for HBV. The aims of the current study were to determine the HBV genotype distribution in Syria, the prevalence of HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis...
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