TY - JOUR
T1 - HBV transmission from an occult carrier with five mutations in the major hydrophilic region of HBsAg to an immunosuppressed plasma recipient
AU - Coppola, Nicola
AU - Loquercio, Giovanna
AU - Tonziello, Gilda
AU - Azzaro, Rosa
AU - Pisaturo, Mariantonietta
AU - Di Costanzo, Gaetano
AU - Starace, Mario
AU - Pasquale, Giuseppe
AU - Cacciapuoti, Carmela
AU - Petruzziello, Arnolfo
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - We describe the case of transmission of an HBsAg-negative hepatitis B infection to an immunosuppressed patient by plasma donation from an HBsAg-negative subject, but with very low serum HBV DNA (about 50 IU/ml) and five mutations in the major hydrophilic region of HBsAg.
AB - We describe the case of transmission of an HBsAg-negative hepatitis B infection to an immunosuppressed patient by plasma donation from an HBsAg-negative subject, but with very low serum HBV DNA (about 50 IU/ml) and five mutations in the major hydrophilic region of HBsAg.
KW - HBsAg mutants
KW - HBV infection
KW - Occult HBV infection
KW - Transfusion
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 23856167
AN - SCOPUS:84881523877
VL - 58
SP - 315
EP - 317
JO - Journal of Clinical Virology
JF - Journal of Clinical Virology
SN - 1386-6532
IS - 1
ER -