Prevalence of overt and occult hepatitis B virus infections among 135 haemodialysis patients attending a haemodialysis centre at Al-Nasiriyah city, Iraq

Prevalence of overt and occult hepatitis B virus infections among 135 haemodialysis patients attending a haemodialysis centre at Al-Nasiriyah city, Iraq

Background and Objectives: The prevalence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among haemodialysis (HD) patients has been well documented. In addition to overt infection, occult Hepatitis B infection exists in which a patient who is diagnosed seronegative for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) sho...

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Main Authors: Muslim Dhahr Musa, Hekmat Kadhum Ateya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Haemodialysis;
Hepatitis B virus infection;
Serological;
Real-time polymerase chain reaction
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/2475

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