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Occult hepatitis B virus infection among people with a family history of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2015
Zhang Zhenhua, Zhang Ling, Dai Yu, Jin Lei, Sun Binghu, Su Qian, Li Xu
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) among people with a family history of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is unclear. Serum samples were collected from 747 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative people with a family history of HBV infection and 579 HBsAg-negative volunteer blood donors. The presence of HBV DNA was evaluated using nested PCR with primers specific...
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