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Retrospective analysis of acute HBV infections occurred in 1978-79 and 1994-95 in North-East Italy: increasing prevalence of BCP/pre-core mutants in sub-genotype D3.
BMC infectious diseases - 28 Jan 2020
Bruni Roberto, Villano Umbertina, Taffon Stefania, Equestre Michele, Madonna Elisabetta, Chionne Paola, Candido Angela, Dettori Stefano, Pisani Giulio, Rapicetta Maria, Bortolotti Flavia, Ciccaglione Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: At the end of the 1970s, in Italy more than 2% of the general population was HBsAg carrier. In the late '70s and late '80s, two remarkable events might have impacted on HBV strains transmitted in North-East Italy: (a) the increased HBV incidence due to parenteral drugs between 1978 and 1982; (b) the preventive anti-HIV educational campaign, started locally in 1985. METHODS: To address if those events...
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