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Hepatitis B Virus
New data from Gyeongsang National University, Institute of Health Science illuminate research in hepatitis B virus
August 14th, 2007
Fresh data on hepatitis B virus are presented in the report "Absence of antibody to cyclic citrullinated peptide in sera of non-arthritic patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. The objective of this study was to investigate if antibody to cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) is detected in sera of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Serum anti-CCP and IgA, IgG, and IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) isotypes were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on 176 non-arthritic patients with HBV infection," scientists in Korea report. "IgA RF, IgG RF, and IgM RF were detectable in 29.5, 21, and 18.8% of the tested sera, respectively, with a...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-08-14)
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