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Identification of a novel surface mutant of hepatitis B virus in a seronegative chronic liver disease patient.
Virus research - 15 Dec 1999
Banerjee K, Guptan R C, Bisht R, Sarin S K, Khandekar P
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) with mutations in the envelope proteins can emerge during natural infections, vaccinations or interferon therapy and appears occasionally to escape virus elimination or detection. The implications of such mutations at the molecular level are often obscure. We report the identification of a new surface mutant of HBV. This mutant was identified, and isolated from a chronic liver disease...
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