Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Hemodialysis Patients in Tabriz, Northwest of Iran: Prevalence and Mutations within the S Region

Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Hemodialysis Patients in Tabriz, Northwest of Iran: Prevalence and Mutations within the S Region

Regardless of the extensive screening for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hemodialysis (HD) patients are still severely at the risk of occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI), especially in developing countries. OBI is defined as the presence of HBV DNA with undetectable HBsAg...

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Main Authors: Narges Eslami, Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Javid Sadeghi, Reza Ghotaslou, Bahram Niknafs, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Mahin Ahangar Oskouee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3838857
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