Hepatitis B virus DNA in saliva from children with chronic hepatitis B infection: implications for saliva as a potential mode of horizontal transmission

Ida Louise Heiberg; Mette Hoegh; Steen Ladelund; Hubert G M Niesters; Birthe Høgh

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d8e009

Hepatitis B virus DNA in saliva from children with chronic hepatitis B infection: implications for saliva as a potential mode of horizontal transmission

Ida Louise Heiberg, Mette Hoegh, Steen Ladelund, Hubert G M Niesters, Birthe Høgh

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Udgivelsesdato: 2010-May

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Vol/bind	29
Udgave nummer	5
Sider (fra-til)	465-7
Antal sider	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d8e009
Status	Udgivet - 2010

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Hepatitis B virus DNA in saliva from children with chronic hepatitis B infection: implications for saliva as a potential mode of horizontal transmission. / Heiberg, Ida Louise; Hoegh, Mette; Ladelund, Steen et al.
I: The Pediatric infectious disease journal, Bind 29, Nr. 5, 2010, s. 465-7.

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