Evidence of “Silent” Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Psoriasis, Vitiligo, and Pityriasis Rosea Cases: A Pilot Study
Observing the correlation of HBV with skin diseases, albeit at the pilot level, a larger study is warranted to identify HBV infection in skin disease patients. The evidence of HHV 6 and HHV 7 DNA in PR cases supports the HHV infection linkage with PR.
Authors
- Subhajit Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9001-7150)
- Subrata Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-6116)
- Ruchi Supekar
- Abhishek De (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-2430)
Institutions
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IN)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IN)
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (IN)
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Dermatology
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_4_24
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00