Open AccessPrevalence of genotype D in chronic liver disease patients with occult HBV infection in northern region of India
Author(s) -
Meher Rizvi,
Mohd Azam,
Asfia Sultan,
Indu Shukla,
Abida Malik,
Mohd Ajmal,
Fatima Khan,
Hiba Sami
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.142643
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , genotype , medicine , hepatitis b virus , genotyping , chronic liver disease , occult , liver disease , serology , etiology , hepatitis b , nested polymerase chain reaction , virology , polymerase chain reaction , gastroenterology , immunology , antibody , gene , pathology , virus , biology , biochemistry , alternative medicine
Etiology of nearly 30% cases of chronic viral hepatitis remains undetected. Occult HBV infection (OBI) has emerged as an important clinical entity in this scenario. Apart from prevalence and clinical outcome of OBI patients genotype was determined in northern region of India.