Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Patients with Isolated Antibodies to Hepatitis B Core Antigen: Aquitaine Cohort, 2002-2003 | Zendy

D. Neau | Zendy; María Winnock | Zendy; AnneChristine Jouvencel | Zendy; Muriel Faure | Zendy; Laurent Castéra | Zendy; E. Legrand | Zendy; D. Lacoste | Zendy; J. M. Ragnaud | Zendy; M. Dupon | Zendy; H. Fleury | Zendy; MarieEdith Lafon | Zendy; François Dabis | Zendy

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Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Patients with Isolated Antibodies to Hepatitis B Core Antigen: Aquitaine Cohort, 2002-2003

Author(s) -

D. Neau,

María Winnock,

AnneChristine Jouvencel,

Muriel Faure,

Laurent Castéra,

E. Legrand,

D. Lacoste,

J. M. Ragnaud,

M. Dupon,

H. Fleury,

MarieEdith Lafon,

François Dabis

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/427882

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b virus , virology , occult , antibody , antigen , virus , hepatitis b , viral disease , immunology , hepatitis , pathology , alternative medicine

We prospectively assessed the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by investigating HBV replication in 160 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with isolated antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen. This prevalence was 0.6% (1 case/160 patients; 95% confidence interval, 0%-3.4%). A second serum sample was collected later from 52 of the patients. HBV DNA was once again undetectable in all patients, except for the sole patient who had previously been found to be HBV DNA positive.

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