Publications
| a hepatitis b virus mutant associated with an epidemic of fulminant hepatitis. | a nosocomial outbreak of fulminant hepatitis b occurred in five patients in haifa, israel. previous investigations identified the suspected source as a carrier of hepatitis b surface antigen who was positive for antibodies to hepatitis b e antigen and had chronic liver disease. we examined the strain of hepatitis b virus (hbv) that caused this epidemic, in order to identify specific mutations in the precore or core region. | 1991 | 2034247 |
| an evaluation of the efficacy of the national immunization programme for hepatitis b. | we report an evaluation of the israeli national immunization programme for hepatitis b in the haifa subdistrict. we used a convenience sample of blood tests reported positive for hbsag over a 6-year period from children who were born after routine immunization began in 1992. we identified 11 children with presumed chronic hepatitis b virus infection who were residents of the haifa subdistrict, three of whom were born in israel. all three were immunized at the appropriate age and are thus conside ... | 2007 | 17320126 |