Intrafamilial Clustering Of HbsAg and HBV DNA Among The Families Of Carriers.
Indian J Hum Genet
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1997 Apr; 3(2): 111-116
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ABSTRACT
To find out the clustering of HBV carriers within a family, 50 HBsAg carriers were studied. The distribution of HBsAg was found to be high (33%) among the offspring of HBsAg negative father and positive mother when compared to positive father and negative mother (16%) or where both the parents were HBsAg negative (31%0. The frequency of HBV DNA was also found to be high among the offspring of HBV DNA negative father and HBV DNA positive mother (25%). Male infection leading to a clustering of HBsAg carrier families.
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Indian J Hum Genet
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1997
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