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Appearance of HbeAg in an occult persistent hepatitis B virus infection.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2010
Paparella Concetta, De Rosa Filomena, Longo Roberta, Cappiello Giuseppina, Ursitti Antonella, Rosa Marisa, Morosetti Massimo, Spanò Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is characterized by the presence of ongoing viral replication with very low levels of viremia (<200 IU/ml), and negativity for HBsAg, while the so-called 'false' OBI with higher levels of HBV-DNA that are negative for HBsAg are usually due to the occurrence of mutations of the HBsAg sequence that may alter the recognition by some immunoassays. We describe here a case of...
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