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An adult patient with acute infection with hepatitis B virus genotype C that progressed to chronic infection.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2012
Miyoshi Toru, Hiraoka Atsushi, Hidaka Satoshi, Shimizu Yuko, Ninomiya Keiko, Utsunomiya Hiroki, Tazuya Nayu, Tanihira Tetsuya, Hasebe Aki, Miyamoto Yasunao, Ninomiya Tomoyuki, Abe Masanori, Hiasa Yoichi, Onji Morikazu, Michitaka Kojiro
Abstract excerpt
In 2008, a 28-year-old woman consulted our hospital due to general fatigue. Her ALT level was within normal range but she was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Her ALT level was nearly within normal range thereafter and she was consistently positive for HBeAg. Later, it was proven that she was negative for HBsAg in 1999. She had been a sex worker in 2007-2008. Complete genome sequencing revealed...
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