THE NEED FOR HBV GENOTYPING: A COST-EFFICIENT APPROACH

Autor: A S, Luca, Ramona Gabriela, Ursu, Teodora, Teuşan, Cătălina Mihaela, Luca, Claudia Elena, Pleşca, Luminiţa Smaranda, Iancu
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi. 119(4)
ISSN: 0048-7848
Popis: The outcome of chronic HBV infection is variable; approximately one half of individuals transition to an inactive carrier state, 30% progress to cirrhosis, and the remainder to chronic hepatitis. Ten different HBV genotypes and many subtypes have been identified with distinct geographical distributions. Over the years, a lot of studies presented the efficiency of different genotyping methods; for this reason we aimed to present a cost efficient genotyping diagnosis algorithm of CHB infected patients, especially useful to identify those at risk of disease progression and determine optimal anti-viral therapy as useful instrument for physicians.
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