Occult B infection in the Brazilian northeastern region: a preliminary report

A sentinel study on viral hepatitis is currently being carried out in the village of Cavunge in a semiarid rural region of the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. This study has identified individuals in whom anti-HBc IgG was the only serological marker for hepatitis B virus (HBV). This serological...

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Main Authors: Delvone Almeida, José Tavares-Neto, Christian Trepo, Alessandro Almeida, Caroline Mello, Isabelle Chemin, Raymundo Paraná
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000400010&lng=en&tlng=en