Retrospective Study Investigating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus Precore and Basal Core Promoter Variants

Meaghan O’Brien; Adara Casselman; Gerry Smart; Ainsley Gretchen; Kelly Kaita; Kamran Kadkhoda

doi:10.1155/2015/940825

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)

Retrospective Study Investigating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus Precore and Basal Core Promoter Variants

Meaghan O’Brien,
Adara Casselman,
Gerry Smart,
Ainsley Gretchen,
Kelly Kaita,
Kamran Kadkhoda

Affiliations

Meaghan O’Brien: Department of Internal Medicine, Upper River Valley Hospital, Waterville, New Brunswick, Canada
Adara Casselman: Serology Section, Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Canada
Gerry Smart: Serology Section, Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Canada
Ainsley Gretchen: Serology Section, Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Canada
Kelly Kaita: Section of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada
Kamran Kadkhoda: Serology Section, Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/940825
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 8
pp. e1 – e6

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore (PC) and basal core promoter (BCP) variants are well known; however, their prevalence in North America is unclear, especially among hepatitis B e antigen-negative patients.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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