Article
Genotypic succession of mutations of the hepatitis B virus polymerase associated with lamivudine resistance.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 2000
Gutfreund K S, Williams M, George R, Bain V G, Ma M M, Yoshida E M, Villeneuve J P, Fischer K P, Tyrrel D L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis B mutant strains of virus emerging during treatment with the nucleoside analog lamivudine are being increasingly recognized. In the majority of lamivudine-resistant isolates the mutations have been reported to occur within the YMDD motif of the viral polymerase, either...
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