Prevalence of genotype D in chronic liver disease patients with occult HBV infection in northern region of India

• Main Authors: Meher Rizvi (Author), Mohd Azam (Author), Asfia Sultan (Author), Indu Shukla (Author), Abida Malik (Author), Masihur Reman Ajmal (Author), Fatima Khan (Author), Hiba Sami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Etiology of nearly 30% cases of chronic viral hepatitis remains undetected. Occult HBV infection (OBI) has emerged as an important clinical entity in this scenario. Apart from prevalence and clinical outcome of OBI patients genotype was determined in northern region of India. Materials a...