Hepatitis B Virus
Findings from University of Sao Paulo, Medical Department provide new insights into hepatitis B virus
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 25th, 2010
"The objective of the present study was to evaluate the serum viral load in chronically infected Hepatitis B virus (HBV) patients and to investigate the distribution of HBV genotypes in Sao Paulo city. Quantitative HBV-DNA assays and HBV genotyping have gained importance for predicting HBV disease progression, have been employed for assessing infectivity, for treatment monitoring and for detecting the emergence of drug resistance," researchers in Sao Paulo, Brazil report.
"Twenty-nine Brazilian patients with suspected chronic hepatitis B were studied, using real time PCR for viral load determination and direct DNA sequencing for the genotyping. The serology revealed...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-01-25)
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