| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6120298 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Viral and host factors leading to occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) are not fully understood. Whether HBV genotype may influence the occurrence and course of OBIs is unknown. Here, we describe the case of a patient infected with HBV genotype A2 who developed symptomatic acute hepatitis and did not seroconvert after loss of HBsAg and HBeAg. The acute phase of hepatitis B was followed by a period of more than 2 years during which the DNA of an intergenotypic HBV/A2/G recombinant was intermittently detected in serum.
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Authors
José Júnior França de Barros, Luciana Rego Peres, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca de Sousa, Francisco Campello do Amaral Mello, Natalia Motta de Araujo, Selma de Andrade Gomes, Christian Niel, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez,