Booster immunity - diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B viral infection.

Journal: Journal of infection in developing countries
PMID: 32040457

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection particularly its occult form requires monitoring and repeat serological and molecular studies. The aim of the study was to investigate the possible relation between the case of a family outbreak of hepatitis A and the finding that a member of this family was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B.

Authors

  • Radka T Komitova
    Department of Infectious diseases, Parasitology and Tropical medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. radkakomitova@yahoo.com.
  • Ani K Kevorkyan
    Department of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. ani_kevorkian@mail.bg.
  • Maria V Atanasova
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. atanmim@yahoo.com.
  • Aneta V Ivanova
    Laboratory of Porphyrias and Molecular Diagnostics of Liver Diseases. Clinic of Gastroenterology, Saint Ivan Rilski University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria. anetaivanova99@abv.bg.
  • Elica Golkocheva-Markova
    National Reference Laboratory "Hepatitis viruses", National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria. elmarkova2007@gmail.com.

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