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Drug-resistant and immune-escape hepatitis B virus mutants, occult hepatitis B infection and coinfections in public hospital patients from Argentina.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2021
Delfino Cecilia María, Giorgio Marianela, García Gabriela, Puch Silvia Sánchez, Outon Estela, Mathet Verónica Lidia
Abstract excerpt
Argentina exhibits low serological prevalence for Hepatitis B virus (HBV); however, occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) has been reported in blood donors, Amerindians and individuals coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity of HBV and to evaluate serological marker associations and coinfections with HCV and HIV in...
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