Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Isolated in a Sample of Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Patients in Iran | Zendy

Fatemeh Akhavan Anvari | Zendy; Seyed Moayyed Alavian | Zendy; Mehdi Norouzi | Zendy; Mostafa Mahabadi | Zendy; Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri | Zendy

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Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Isolated in a Sample of Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Patients in Iran

Author(s) -

Fatemeh Akhavan Anvari,

Seyed Moayyed Alavian,

Mehdi Norouzi,

Mostafa Mahabadi,

Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

oman medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2070-5204

pISSN - 1999-768X

DOI - 10.5001/omj.2014.23

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b virus , virology , virus , cirrhosis , hepatitis b , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis , occult , viral load , serology , immunology , antibody , pathology , alternative medicine

The aims of this study are to investigate the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection among patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis and to analyze the relationship between surface protein variability and occult hepatitis B virus infection, which may be related to the pathogenesis of occult hepatitis B virus infection in cryptogenic cirrhosis. Occult hepatitis B virus infection is a well-recognized clinical entity characterized by the detection of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum and/or liver in the absence of detectable hepatitis B virus surface antigen, with or without any serological markers of a past infection.

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