Investigation of occult hepatitis B virus infection in anti-hbc positive patients from a liver clinic.

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Published in PLoS One on March 12, 2015

Authors

Maria Carmela Martinez1, Chee Choy Kok2, Cristina Baleriola2, Peter Robertson2, William D Rawlinson3

Author Affiliations

1: Virology Division, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2: SEALS Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
3: Virology Division, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia; SEALS Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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