International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , January 2009

Detection of hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B core antigen, and hepatitis B virus DNA in parotid tissues

  • Lizhang Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
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  • Fuqiang Liu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Xuegong Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Jianming Gao

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
    • ,
  • Nengzhi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Changde Hospital, Central South University, Changde, China
    • ,
  • Tom Wong

      Affiliations

    • Community-Acquired Infections Division, CIDPC, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Blood Safety Surveillance Division, CIDPC, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Shi Wu Wen

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
    • The OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Box 241, Ottawa, Canada K1H 8L6
    • Ottawa Health Research Institute Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 737 8899x73912; fax: +1 613 739 6266.

Received 11 January 2008 ,Revised 6 March 2008 ,Accepted 12 March 2008.

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    Detection of HBsAg in parotid tissue by immunocytochemistry (brown particles represent positive HBsAg expression).

    Detection of HBsAg in parotid tissue by immunocytochemistry (brown particles represent positive HBsAg expression).

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    Detection of HBcAg in parotid tissue by immunocytochemistry (brown particles represent positive HBcAg expression).

    Detection of HBcAg in parotid tissue by immunocytochemistry (brown particles represent positive HBcAg expression).

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    Detection of HBV DNA in parotid tissue by PCR (M DNA marker, lanes 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 were positive samples).

    Detection of HBV DNA in parotid tissue by PCR (M DNA marker, lanes 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 were positive samples).

PII: S1201-9712(08)00086-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.015

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , January 2009

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