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Hepatitis B virus type 2 infection in France
Y Buisson1, P Coursaget, C Bourdil
1Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France.
Research in Virology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Hepatitis B type 2 infection was observed in 96 French soldiers. A recent stay overseas was reported by 65% of them and an HBsAg chronic carrier state was observed in eight individuals. Anti-pre-S1 and anti-pre-S2 antibodies were not detected after recovery, but HBV DNA was detected in 58% of sera tested.