Article
Occult HCV and occult HBV coinfection in Iranian human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2020
Jamshidi Sogol, Bokharaei-Salim Farah, Esghaei Maryam, Bastani Mohammad-Navid, Garshasbi Saba, Chavoshpour Sara, Dehghani-Dehej Farzaneh, Fakhim Shahin, Khanaliha Khadijeh
Abstract excerpt
The presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome in liver biopsy or peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) specimens in the absence of detectable HCV-RNA in plasma of the people with or without anti-HCV antibodies has defined as occult HCV infection (OCI), whereas occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) is detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome in the absence of traceable hepatitis B surface antigen in the...
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