Isolated anti-HBc: reflections from clinical microbiology and infectious diseases

Editorial

. 2022 Jun 30;12(2):155-157.

doi: 10.18683/germs.2022.1318. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Affiliations

¹ MD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Region Skåne, 22242 Lund, Sweden and Department of Experimental Infections Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.
² MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCC, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
³ MD, PhD, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK and Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ MD, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan and Department of Clinical Laboratories and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman 11942, Jordan and Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.
⁶ MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Region Skåne, 22242 Lund, Sweden and Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.

Editorial

Hanna Rydén et al. Germs. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 30;12(2):155-157.

doi: 10.18683/germs.2022.1318. eCollection 2022 Jun.

¹ MD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Region Skåne, 22242 Lund, Sweden and Department of Experimental Infections Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.
² MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCC, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
³ MD, PhD, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK and Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ MD, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan and Department of Clinical Laboratories and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman 11942, Jordan and Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.
⁶ MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Region Skåne, 22242 Lund, Sweden and Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22362 Malmö, Sweden.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: MIA has received research funding from Pfizer, Janssen and Prenetics. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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