Presence of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum of surface-antigen-seronegative immunocompromised patients.
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We compared the prevalence of serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in cancer patients who were immunocompromised with that in healthy subjects. Testing positive for serum HBV DNA were 27 of the 232 (11.6%) surface-antigen-negative cancer patients and 7 of the 382 (1.8%) surface-antigen-negative healthy subjects. These data suggest that the negative serology, at least in immunocompromised individuals, is probably not sufficient to exclude HBV infection.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 25 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987