Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Sera of Blood Donors and of Patients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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| Authors: | Fernando Lopes Gon ales Jr., Josiane Silveira Felix Pereira, Claudia da Silva, Glaucimari Roberto Thomaz, Maria Helena Postal Pavan, Viviane Cristina Fais, Luis Alberto Magna, Neiva Sellan Lopes Gon ales |
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| Affiliation: | Fernando Lopes Gonçales Jr., Josiane Silveira Felix Pereira, Claudia da Silva, Glaucimari Roberto Thomaz, Maria Helena Postal Pavan, Viviane Cristina Fais, Luis Alberto Magna, and Neiva Sellan Lopes Gonçales |
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| Abstract: | With the use of PCR, we searched for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in serum samples from 415 HBsAg-negative, anti-HBc-positive patients: 150 were blood donors, 106 had only hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and 159 had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (of which 88 were HCV positive and 71 were HCV negative). HBV DNA was detected in 4% of blood donors, 3.4% of HIV- and HCV-positive patients, and 24% of HCV-positive patients. |
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