Article
Hepatitis B surface antigen reactivity in man due to a new variant of hepatitis B virus.
Vaccine - 1 Mar 1990
Coursaget P, Yvonnet B, Bourdil C, Buisson Y, Chotard J, N'Doye R, Molinié C, Diop-Mar I, Chiron J P
Abstract excerpt
A new type of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been encountered in Senegalese infants and French adults characterized by serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) without antibodies to the core antigen (anti-HBc). As the infection is not associated with the presence of the e antigen, it differs from HBV in its core antigen. After the loss of HBsAg, neither anti-HBc nor antibodies to HBsAg (anti-HBs) become...
Topics
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross Reactions
- DNA, Viral
- France
- Genetic Variation
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus