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To the Editor: In his review of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, Lee (Dec. 12 issue)¹ stated that "HBV DNA can no longer be detected by any means" in patients who become negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and in whom antibodies to HBsAg develop after an episode of acute hepatitis B (stage 4, or the immune stage, of HBV infection). We believe that this assertion is not in accord with recent data.^2,3

It has been shown that HBV DNA can be detected by the polymerase chain reaction in serum and peripheral-blood mononuclear cells long after the clinical, biochemical, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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