@article{ccb09edced0e4a3f8db1d7e5d9e30921,
title = "Prevalence and long-term effects of occult hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-infected women",
abstract = "Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is of concern in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. We observed that 2% of 400 HIV-infected women with antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen alone had occult HBV infection (i.e., detectable HBV DNA in the absence of HBV surface antigen). CD4 cell counts of <200 cells/mm3 were more common among occult HBV-infected women than among those without occult HBV infection. Aminotransferase levels did not appear to be associated with being positive for HBV DNA.",
author = "Tsui, {Judith I.} and French, {Audrey L.} and Seaberg, {Eric C.} and Michael Augenbraun and Marek Nowicki and Marion Peters and Tien, {Phyllis C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. The WIHS is funded by the National Institutes of Health (UO1-AI-35004, UO1-AI-31834, UO1-AI-34994, UO1-AI-34989, UO1-AI-34993, UO1-AI-42590, UO1-HD-32632, MO1-RR-00071, MO1-RR-00079, and MO1-RR-00083). National Institutes of Health support was provided to P.C.T. (K23 AI 66943-01) and J.I.T. (K12 RR024140). This work was made possible in part by core services provided by the UCSF Liver Center (National Institutes of Health P30 DK26743) and by Bristol-Myers Squibb (which played no role in analyzing the data or in writing the paper).",
year = "2007",
month = sep,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1086/520989",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "45",
pages = "736--740",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "6",
}