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Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody (anti-HBs) forming immune complexes in fulminant hepatitis
M C Soares1, G Bensabath, P R Cartágenes
1Instituto Evandro Chagas, Fundação Nacional de Saúde do Ministério da Saúde, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
|June 25, 1999
Abstract:
This paper reports an unusual pattern of serological HBV markers and the presence of HBsAg/anti-HBs immune complexes in serum samples from two patients with fulminant hepatitis from the Brazilian Western Amazon Basin. The diagnosis was made by both serologic tests and demonstration of antigen/antibody complexes by transmission electron microscopy. Concurrent Delta virus superinfection is also discussed.