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Prevalence and natural course of occult hepatitis B virus infection in residents of 2 communities of Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Mar 2018
Wen X, Su H, Wang Y, Pu Z, Gao J, Ji Z, Yuan X, Li X, Zhang W, Zhang L, Long Y, Yan Y, Shao Z
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is characterized by serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA positive (HBsAg-/HBV DNA+). Occult hepatitis B infection in community-based populations has been scarcely investigated, and OBI outcomes remain unclear, especially in Wuwei, a region located in Northwest China. This region is one of the areas in China that has the highest...
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