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Hepatitis B virus genomes from long-term immunosuppressed virus carriers are modified by specific mutations in several regions.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Oct 1999
Preikschat Petra, Meisel Helga, Will Hans, Günther Stephan
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing evidence that hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection of an immunosuppressed host is associated with the appearance of virus mutants. To characterize the virus circulating in patients in detail, eleven full-length HBV genomes, isolated from the serum of five highly viraemic renal tr...
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