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Seroprevalence of occult hepatitis B among Egyptian paediatric hepatitis C cancer patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Feb 2015
Raouf H E, Yassin A S, Megahed S A, Ashour M S, Mansour T M
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis B infection is characterized by the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the serum in the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Egypt is among the highest in the world. In this study, we aim at analysing the rates of occult HBV infections among HCV paediatric cancer patients in Egypt. The prevalence of occult HBV was assessed in...
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