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A 79-year-old Woman with Acute Hepatitis B Caused by the Infection of Subgenotype D1 Hepatitis B Virus in Japan: A Case Study.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2018
Hashimoto Kosei, Miura Kouichi, Takaoka Yoshinari, Nomoto Hiroaki, Watanabe Shunji, Tsukui Mamiko, Morimoto Naoki, Isoda Norio, Nagashima Shigeo, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki, Yamamoto Hironori
Abstract excerpt
A 79-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with acute hepatitis B based on laboratory tests showing positivity for IgM-class antibody against hepatitis B virus (HBV) core and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) as well as elevated transaminases. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that the HBV strain obtained from the patient belonged to genotype D/subgenotype D1, similar to strains circulating in foreign countries...
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