Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genotypes of HBV in HIV-Infected Patients in the Northeast Region of Colombia: High Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B and F3 Subgenotype Dominance

Henry Bautista-Amorocho; Yeny Zulay Castellanos-Domínguez; Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar; Sindi Alejandra Velandia-Cruz; Jeysson Andrey Becerra-Peña; Ana Elvira Farfán-García

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114272

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Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genotypes of HBV in HIV-Infected Patients in the Northeast Region of Colombia: High Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B and F3 Subgenotype Dominance

Henry Bautista-Amorocho ,

* E-mail: henrybau33@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Yeny Zulay Castellanos-Domínguez,

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar,

Affiliation Industrial University of Santander (UIS), Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Research Group on Demography, Public Health and Health Systems (GUINDESS), Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Sindi Alejandra Velandia-Cruz,

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Jeysson Andrey Becerra-Peña,

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Ana Elvira Farfán-García

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genotypes of HBV in HIV-Infected Patients in the Northeast Region of Colombia: High Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B and F3 Subgenotype Dominance

Henry Bautista-Amorocho,
Yeny Zulay Castellanos-Domínguez,
Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar,
Sindi Alejandra Velandia-Cruz,
Jeysson Andrey Becerra-Peña,
Ana Elvira Farfán-García

Published: December 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114272

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