Abstract
Concentrated samples of saliva, urine, and seminal fluid from 23 men with chronic liver disease who were positive for hepatitis B e antigen were examined for the presence of hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HBV-DNA) by molecular hybridisation. HBV-DNA was detected in saliva from 15 of 17 men (88%), urine from 12 of 22 men (55%), and seminal fluid from 13 of 21 men (62%). The presence of hepatitis B virus in such secretions has important epidemiological implications for heterosexual and homosexual contact. © 1985, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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Karayiannis, P., Novick, D. M., Lok, A. S. F., Fowler, M. J. F., Monjardino, J., & Thomas, H. C. (1985). Hepatitis B virus DNA in saliva, urine, and seminal fluid of carriers of hepatitis B e antigen. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), 290(6485), 1853. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.290.6485.1853
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