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Epidemic of hepatitis B with high mortality in India: association of fulminant disease with lack of CCL4 and natural killer T cells.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Oct 2011
Tripathy A S, Das R, Chadha M S, Arankalle V A
Abstract excerpt
An explosive outbreak of Hepatitis B with high mortality was reported in 2009, in Modasa, Gujarat, India. Mortality was associated with basal core promoter and precore mutant hepatitis B virus (HBV). The current study addresses the role of immunological parameters in the progression to fulminant hepatitis. The study population comprised of 22 acute HBV patients, 13 fulminant HBV liver failure patients and 54...
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