Epidemiology, risk factors, and molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B infection among anti‐hepatitis B core antigen alone subjects - Azarkar, Zohreh; Ziaee, Masood; Ebrahimzadeh, Azadeh; Sharifzadeh, Gholamreza; Javanmard, Davod (Journal of medical virology, 2019)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antigens; Core protein; Demographics; diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Epidemiology; Female; Genotype; Genotypes; Genotyping; Health risks; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B - pathology; Hepatitis B Antibodies - blood; Hepatitis B core antigen; Hepatitis B Core Antigens - immunology; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - genetics; hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus - genetics; Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification; Humans; Infections; Iran; Male; Middle Aged; Mutation; occult; occult hepatitis B virus infection; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Proteins; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; RNA-directed DNA polymerase; Trans-Activators; Viral Load; Virology; Viruses; Young Adult; prevalence; Iran; occult; hepatitis B virus; occult hepatitis B virus infection; diabetes; genotype