Rate of occult hepatitis B virus infection among individuals with tuberculosis in northeastern Iran: A molecular epidemiological study

• Prif Awduron: Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht (Awdur), Saman Soleimanpour (Awdur), Mohammad Reza Hedayati-Moghaddam (Awdur), Moein Farshchian (Awdur), Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee (Awdur), Arman Mosavat (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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One third of the world population has a history of exposure to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and two billion people are infected with latent tuberculosis (TB). Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is defined as the presence of replicative-competent HBV DNA in the liver with detectable or undetectable H...