Transmission of hepatitis B by human bite - Confirmation by detection of virus in saliva and full genome sequencing

被引：21

作者：

Hui, AY

Hung, LCT

Tse, PCH

Leung, WK

Chan, PKS

Chan, HLY

机构：

[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Med & Therapeut, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY | 2005年 / 33卷 / 03期

关键词：

HBV infection; human bite;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jcv.2005.02.006

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be detected in saliva of carriers and epidemiological studies suggest human bite as a possible route of transmission. We report a case of acute hepatitis B that developed after an individual with learning difficulty was bitten by a fellow resident in a sheltered accommodation. The attacker was found to be a chronic carrier of HBV and virus was present in his saliva. The HBV in both men had identical genotype and sequence. Future studies are warranted to investigate the role of saliva as a vehicle of HBV transmission in the community. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：254 / 256

页数：3

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